Adding new drives to Raid 6 or change the raid
Posted: 29 Nov 2022, 21:15
As the topic suggests I have 5 3tb HDDs in my nas configured for Raid 6. I would like to do one of 2 things.
Either update the HDDS for 6 or 8tb drives or downgrade the raid.
If i choose to upgrade the drives, is there a process? I have searched online for videos etc but nothing.
If i choose to change the raid can this be done or would i have to delete the current raid and start again.
One last question is the hot spare option. I used to own a drobo and this has the JBOD option which was brilliant. Im very tempted to go back down this path and have the 5th disc as a hot spare. Does anyone use this and if so what are your thoughts.
For general information, all of the data is backed up on to a separate external HDD every 3 weeks so that no data is lost should there be an issue so if i have to start again then there is no real issue in flattening the raid and restoring the files.
Look forward to hearing back from you.
Either update the HDDS for 6 or 8tb drives or downgrade the raid.
If i choose to upgrade the drives, is there a process? I have searched online for videos etc but nothing.
If i choose to change the raid can this be done or would i have to delete the current raid and start again.
One last question is the hot spare option. I used to own a drobo and this has the JBOD option which was brilliant. Im very tempted to go back down this path and have the 5th disc as a hot spare. Does anyone use this and if so what are your thoughts.
For general information, all of the data is backed up on to a separate external HDD every 3 weeks so that no data is lost should there be an issue so if i have to start again then there is no real issue in flattening the raid and restoring the files.
Look forward to hearing back from you.