[What Happens When HDD Fails in Pool?]

Many thanks Umfriend.  I suspected as much but wanted to confirm.

[What Happens When HDD Fails in Pool?]

Hi:

I have a pool with multiple drives and some folder level duplication (with the files and photos I care about).  Recently, one of the drives in the pool failed physically.  I removed it (from the pool and physically) and replaced it with a new drive.  The pool re-balanced, but given a large number of unsorted photos, I'm actually not sure which files (if any) I lost.  Is there a way to tell without having a complete listing of my original files and folder structure?

Good chance this was asked and answered before - I did try to search the forum but couldn't find the Q&A.  Thanks in advance.

[Best Practice: Replace Healthy Drive w/ Larger Drive]

Hi - sorry if this has been asked/answered.  A quick search through the Manual/FAQ/Forum didn't turn up anything.

 

I'm running DrivePool on a Windows 7 machine.  The pool drives are in an 8-bay USB external enclosure and I have duplication turned on for the entire pool.  I have a healthy drive in the pool that I'd like to replace with a bigger drive.  I'd like to do this with a minimum of 're-balancing', so here are my questions:

 

1) Should I just add the new larger drive to the pool, then immediately (software) 'remove' the older drive?  Will this minimize 're-balancing'?

 

2) In general, is it better to let the pool re-balance with the 'removed' drive still physically connected? or is it better to let the pool regenerate the files on the removed drive from the duplicates?

 

I know any of these options will work fine - just wondering what the quickest and most robust approach is.

 

Thanks!