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RN428 new array help
My RN428 has all 8 bays filled with 10TB drives running as raid 6. I purchased 8 14TB drives to replace the 10TB drives. I backed up all of the data to external drives. I would like to power...
Thanks for your reply.
I guess that i have a small addtional wrinkle...
I have the 5 drive chassis expansion added with an additional volume. I will not be replacing those drives and want to still keep that volume. Can i still just replace the drives in the main chassis without any issues?
You will need to EXPORT the EDA500 volume, then re-configure the NAS, then import the EDA500 volume. Import is an automatic function at power-up so long as the volume has been exported. So once exported, disconnect the EDA500 before you again power up the NAS. Once all is ready for the import, just connect it again with power off and power up.
Please look this over and see if i have it right:
1. Export the volume in my EDA500 (even though it is scary and says that I am destroying it)
2. Power down the RN428 and EDA500
3. Disconnect the EDA500
4. Remove the 8 drives from the primary RN428 bays
5. Replace with 8 new 14TB drives in primary bays
6. Reconnect the EDA500
7. Turn on EDA500 and RN428
8. Configure new Volume of new 8 14TB drives in primary bays
The existing volume in the EDA500 should reimport itself correctly automatically and I should have a new RAID 6 volume of the 8 14TB drives in the primary bays.
Looks right. Of course you'll also have to restore data at the end.
Note if something were to go wrong, you can reinstall the original disks. So maybe label them by slot as you remove them.
No! Configure the volume on the main NAS with the new drives before you ever re-connect the EDA500. You don't have to restore any data yet, just be sure you've created the volume. Then power down, connect the EDA, and re-boot.
The warning of destroying the volume only applies if you inadvertently export the primary volume. I've done an export several times in experiments and for real, before I gave up on the EDA500. I even imported two EDA500 volumes into an OS6 converted RD5200 with SAS expansion.
So it should be:
1. Export the volume in my EDA500 (even though it is scary and says that I am destroying it)
2. Power down the RN428 and EDA500
3. Disconnect the EDA500
4. Remove the 8 drives from the primary RN428 bays
5. Replace with 8 new 14TB drives in primary bays
6. Power on the RN428
7. Configure new Volume of new 8 14TB drives in primary bays
8. Power down the RN428 (do i need to wait until the new volume is synched?)
9. Reconnect the EDA500
10. Turn on EDA500 and RN428
The EDA volume should automagically reimport
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