alexwick Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Hey, I have a setup with like a four 3 TB Drives mirrored. and a few 2 TB disks I was wondering since one of them failed and i have a total of 12 disks.... (Yes, my rig is too full) Can I replace 2x3 TB disks with one 6TB disk for now... and then at some point change another set of 2x3 TB disk when i have some more $$$ Thanks Alex Quote
0 Umfriend Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Sure. You could also replace just one 3TB drive with a 6TB drive. Or with a 14TB drive. What kind of issue would you expect? Quote
0 alexwick Posted April 11, 2020 Author Posted April 11, 2020 well I have always just bought pairs off drives... I am carfeull with how drivepool works and if it have any quirks... I have used this for years now, but have not really paid to much attention to it in the last 2-3 years, so i just dont remember if there is anything i have to be carefull about. I just have to many disk that are getting older... Need to reduce disks and replace the one that seems damaged Quote
0 Umfriend Posted April 11, 2020 Posted April 11, 2020 In that case, I would consider buying single HDD and as large as you can afford. I assume you have duplication. Not sure how you would backup that much data.. Quote
0 alexwick Posted April 11, 2020 Author Posted April 11, 2020 Yeah I am looking at a 8 TB actually. instead of a 6 even... It's like 25$ more Quote
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alexwick
Hey, I have a setup with like a four 3 TB Drives mirrored. and a few 2 TB disks
I was wondering since one of them failed and i have a total of 12 disks.... (Yes, my rig is too full)
Can I replace 2x3 TB disks with one 6TB disk for now... and then at some point change another set of 2x3 TB disk when i have some more $$$
Thanks
Alex
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