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Swapping out old drives for new
I have an Ultra 6 with the most current firmware and 6.10.2. i have another old 1TB drive(2013) dying. I decided to just order all new drives, and bought 2TB NAS drives. I am currently running X-RAID...
bstuke wrote:
Can I replace the old drives with the new drives one at a time and have the added space that comes with the 2TB drives?
My plan was to replace the failing drive, let it rebuild, and then replace another until all the new drives are in.
Thanks for any feedback on the best way to go forward with this process.
That will work. It would be wise to make a backup of your data first.
- Yep. Backup working good. Will make a full before starting the swap and not add data until after all the swaps.
It will take a lot longer than just putting in the new drives and starting over, then restoring from backup. And, there is the chance that one of the other drives will fail, forcing you to do that, anyway.
But, you retain access to your data (though at a slightly reduced throughput) throughout.
So, choose which works best for you.
- Understood. I'm OK letting it rebuild. The drive that is failing is the last old 1TB drive. The rest have very few hours on them.
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