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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Raid Fun. Reply with quote
NobKitten is getting a bit short of space, so I am planning on changing the Raid type.

Currently I have the following setup using 4 x 3TB drives.

https://i.imgur.com/4M80jFo.png

I would like to change it to a Raid 5 config, using the 4 drives available and a 2TB drive in my pc.

My plan,
Back up what I can from M1 to separate 2TB drive.
Break down M1 (drive 1 & drive 2)
Pull a single drive from M2 (drive 3) - hoping the data still be safe and accessible.
Create a Raid5 using the 2 drives from M1 and the single drive from M2 (drive 1, 2 and 3)
Copy data from the other M2 drive (drive 4) over to Raid5
Grow Raid5 to incorporate drive 4.

I've asked the Raid boffins over at OMV (the NAS o/s I'm using) if this is a workable plan.

Lets see what happens.
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 16:21 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
That *sounds* Ok, but I'd be wary of a) still being able to access the data a drive down on M2, and b) being able to grow the RAID with a new disk. The grow process will take ages... if it works.

I don't know enough about consumer storage to be able to say if it'll work or not.
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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 16:32 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
still being able to access the data a drive down on M2


That's the main thing.
I probably wont need access to the data throughout process, just want it to be there so I can copy it to the new Raid5.

OMV Boffin says:-
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Your plan should work. It won't be fast and you risk loosing a lot of data if drive 4 or the separate 2 tb drive fails. You won't be able to build the degraded raid 5 array with the web interface though. Personally, I would do all of it from the command line.


Hmm....
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MarkJ
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PostPosted: 17:12 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aye sounds OK to me in theory. Any chance of getting hold of some spare hard disks? Got any old PCs with disks you could salvage?
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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Righto.

Tested the process in a VM.
Config'd the VM to match NobKitten, using 5gb virtual drives.
Pulled a drive from a mirror, broke the other mirror.
wiped the 3 drives, created a Raid5 through the web GUI
It all went smoothly.
Testing growing the raid now.
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PostPosted: 22:00 - 08 Jan 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you need to archive off all of your porn totally legitimate tv shows and films off to an optical storage device. I recommend CD's. Wink
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