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Jul 06, 2020

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RN214 to RN626 Migration - Disk Placement

Hi, I am planning a migration of my RN214 to a new RN626X, and was planning to; - Update firmware on new RN626X using scratch disk. - Power off RN214 and remove all disks in order (slot1=8TB...

StephenB
Jul 06, 2020
Marc_V wrote:
I don't think there is any benefit by switching out the drives even if you rebuild from scratch.

I agree.

Marc_V

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jul 06, 2020

tommy747

I don't think there is any benefit by switching out the drives even if you rebuild from scratch. Replacing the 8TB drives on slot 1 and 2 in the future is still possible and adding new drives as well.

The steps you will be doing would be the advised steps as well.

HTH

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jul 06, 2020

Marc_V wrote:
I don't think there is any benefit by switching out the drives even if you rebuild from scratch.

I agree.

Sandshark
Sensei - Experienced User
Jul 06, 2020
If you originally started with drives smaller than 8TB, rebuilding would eliminate one or more "layers" of your RAID. That has minimal effect. The size order of the drives does not matter at all to the OS. If you have some running hotter than others, putting them on the top or bottom or next to an empty bay will probably reduce their temperature, possibly slightly lengthening their life.

I agree, not worth the effort.