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Is removing 1 HD is safe?
Hi everyone, I have a silly question, and I am afraid to try it before asking... I have a ReadyNas Duo V1 running on 2 HD (1Tb each) since 3 years now. HD occupancy is at 80%. I would like to (te...
The NAS will complain about not being redundant but provided you don't have it configured to shutdown on disk failure it will continue to run.
When you put the disk back in (do this while the NAS is on) it will be wiped and there will be a lengthy resync to rebuild the RAID putting heavy stress on both disks.
I don't recommend this, but if you insist on doing it make sure your backup of important data primarily stored on the ReadyNAS is up to date first. Say you removed disk 2 (for example) and then when you put disk 2 back in disk 1 failed during the resync you would need to restore your data from backup.
Far better to buy a new disk for your external drive purposes.
When you put the disk back in (do this while the NAS is on) it will be wiped and there will be a lengthy resync to rebuild the RAID putting heavy stress on both disks.
I don't recommend this, but if you insist on doing it make sure your backup of important data primarily stored on the ReadyNAS is up to date first. Say you removed disk 2 (for example) and then when you put disk 2 back in disk 1 failed during the resync you would need to restore your data from backup.
Far better to buy a new disk for your external drive purposes.
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