(FIXED) 1 of 2 parity drives failed, replace with a larger one?


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I feel like this is answered somewhere but my google-fu is lacking and I can't find the answer. 

 

I have 2 , 2TB parity drives in my unraid. Parity1 has started tossing SMART errors so I'm going to replace it. 

I have a 4TB drive I can replace it with. 

The process I was going to try is

  1. stop the array
  2. remove parity1 from the assignments. 
  3. power off
  4. replace parity1 with a 4TB drive
  5. power on
  6. assign the 4TB drive as parity (at this stage I will have a 2TB and a 4TB parity drive, will that work?)
  7. let the parity rebuild
  8. eventually replace the other 2TB drive with a 4TB drive. 

 

Does that seem sane? Do I need to do anything special for replacing a failed parity drive vs a data drive? 

Thanks and sincerely sorry if this is answered somewhere already. 

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