Remove Unneeded Drive

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Hi!Drive 1 of our ReadyNAS NV+ with a configuration of X-RAID is beginning to fail.  The following is the list of drives. Disk 1 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB  Disk 2 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB Disk 3 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB Disk 4 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GBSince we are no where near capacity with our storage, I was considering removing drive 1 but not replacing it.  How should I go about doing this?  Please let me know if I need to convey more info for the answer.Thanks!

StephenB · Answer

Atheron wrote:Hi!Drive 1 of our ReadyNAS NV+ with a configuration of X-RAID is beginning to fail.  The following is the list of drives. Disk 1 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB  Disk 2 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB Disk 3 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GB Disk 4 Seagate ST31000520AS 931 GBSince we are no where near capacity with our storage, I was considering removing drive 1 but not replacing it.  How should I go about doing this?  Please let me know if I need to convey more info for the answer.Thanks!You will need to make a backup, download your configuration, then do a factory reset with the drive removed (probably should move drive 4 into drive 1's slot)After that completes, your data will be gone and you will be using the default configuration (including password).Then re-install any add-ons, upload your config file, and restore files from backup (in that order).

Atheron · Answer

Excellent!  Thank you, StephenB.  That should be easy enough.

StephenB · Answer

Keep in mind that if the drives are the same age, you might see more failures soon - perhaps even during the factory reset process.  So keep an eye on the drive health.

Atheron · Answer

Good advice.  In fact, as I'm considering it we may want to go ahead and just replace this drive so we have a newer one in place.  My understanding from reading other posts is that this can be done with a hot swap as long as you have a drive with the same specs.  While I would like to save the $130 now, in the long run it might be best to do the replacement.

swehjo · Answer

Since I have the same need I post a - maybe stupid but anyway - follow up question. It's not enough to remove the faulty drive and then resync the three remaining?

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