Best way to upgrade multiple drives


xman111

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4 minutes ago, xman111 said:

I have a 10tb and an 8tb parity drive already, was just trying to replace the 4tb data drives.

Shut down server, replace one 4TB data drive, start server, stop array, assign new 8TB drive to missing 4TB drive location, start array and let new 8TB drive rebuild and if there is no errors or problems then do same for the second 8TB drive.

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Start by replacing one smaller data drive with the 8tb.

https://wiki.unraid.net/Replacing_a_Data_Drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcD5svP7Uog

 

Once that step is complete you can then check out the unbalance plugin to migrate data off the drives you are removing. There is a great video on how to do that (@14:00 minute mark):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4-YlH1lTk

 

Once that is done, you can shrink your array.

https://wiki.unraid.net/Shrink_array

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