D5-300C: possible to insert drive while unit is powered on?
Posted: 07 Apr 2021, 01:41
Hi Terramaster,
I have a D5-300C, and I'd like to know if I can insert a drive into a bay while the unit is powered on. This is not a RAID question, the drive will be a JBOD.
The enclosure is attached to an M1 Mac Mini running OSX 11.2.3 Big Sur
Note: the D5-300C already has a drive inserted in bay 2, which is mounted in the OS (this is why I don't want to turn off the D5-300C before inserting a second disk). I'd like to know if I can add that second drive and have it mount without risk.
And, conversely, I'd like to know that, if I dismount a drive in the Finder (ceasing all data transfer), if I can physically eject it from the D5-300C while it is still powered on (and the drive in bay 2 is still mounted in the Finder).
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Chas
I have a D5-300C, and I'd like to know if I can insert a drive into a bay while the unit is powered on. This is not a RAID question, the drive will be a JBOD.
The enclosure is attached to an M1 Mac Mini running OSX 11.2.3 Big Sur
Note: the D5-300C already has a drive inserted in bay 2, which is mounted in the OS (this is why I don't want to turn off the D5-300C before inserting a second disk). I'd like to know if I can add that second drive and have it mount without risk.
And, conversely, I'd like to know that, if I dismount a drive in the Finder (ceasing all data transfer), if I can physically eject it from the D5-300C while it is still powered on (and the drive in bay 2 is still mounted in the Finder).
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Chas