So ive used snapraid + drivepool to great effect. However i just attempted to upgrade a drive by removing a disk from the pool (after disconnecting it) adding in the new one, and beginning a rebuild with snapraid. Would have worked but it was at 111 hours for the rebuild (for an 12TB > 18TB). Now a rebuild might be necessary if I had a failed disk. However I did not. I thought there must be a better way.
Is it possible to
1) disconnect the current 12TB disk with data
2) remove it from drivepool
3) add the new 18TB disk so a poolpart folder is created
4) stop the service so it doesnt pick up the old disk and put it in an external dock
5) move all the data from the 12TB poolpart to the 18TB poolpart
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So ive used snapraid + drivepool to great effect. However i just attempted to upgrade a drive by removing a disk from the pool (after disconnecting it) adding in the new one, and beginning a rebuild with snapraid. Would have worked but it was at 111 hours for the rebuild (for an 12TB > 18TB). Now a rebuild might be necessary if I had a failed disk. However I did not. I thought there must be a better way.
Is it possible to
1) disconnect the current 12TB disk with data
2) remove it from drivepool
3) add the new 18TB disk so a poolpart folder is created
4) stop the service so it doesnt pick up the old disk and put it in an external dock
5) move all the data from the 12TB poolpart to the 18TB poolpart
6) restart drivepool and profit?
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