Is there any documentation on how to do a swap properly and cleanly?
On the omv-extras wiki https://wiki.omv-extras.org/do…are_for_drive_replacement
In the SnapRaid documentation. https://www.snapraid.it/faq#repdatadisk
On the omv-extras wiki https://wiki.omv-extras.org/do…are_for_drive_replacement
In the SnapRaid documentation. https://www.snapraid.it/faq#repdatadisk
Thanks i'll take a look now
On the omv-extras wiki https://wiki.omv-extras.org/do…are_for_drive_replacement
In the SnapRaid documentation. https://www.snapraid.it/faq#repdatadisk
Bit confused, but if that drive is dead and offline, can I replace it and restore files from my dual parity?
Bit confused, but if that drive is dead and offline, can I replace it and restore files from my dual parity?
Of course.
Of course.
Sweet, I'll follow the guide from omv-extras seems pretty straight forward
Of course.
Is there a way I can just remove that drive if I dont need the space?
I still have 60tb left so debating about just removing the drive and spreading that data across the remaining drives?
Is this possible with SnapRAID and the parity I have running?
Is this possible with SnapRAID and the parity I have running?
Yes, but you must follow a special procedure to avoid losing parity.
I think this procedure is not on the wiki but you have it here. https://www.snapraid.it/faq#remdatadisk
Yes, but you must follow a special procedure to avoid losing parity.
I think this procedure is not on the wiki but you have it here. https://www.snapraid.it/faq#remdatadisk
umm not sure what it’s asking to do.
If that drive is dead and I can’t copy any files off of it. Is it better to just replace it and then copy files off after parity restores it?
Then I can remove it and keep it as a spare?
I understood that you wanted to remove that drive from the pool because you have too much space. In that case you must follow that procedure.
Since there was data on that disk that you lost, you should have a backup to copy that data back to the pool.
If what you want is to recover that data from the parity disk, you will have to replace the disk, recover the data from the parity, and, later, if you want to remove that disk from the pool, follow the process to update the parity and copy the data again to the pool from the removed disk.
This is a bit confusing, I don't know if I explained myself clearly...
I understood that you wanted to remove that drive from the pool because you have too much space. In that case you must follow that procedure.
Since there was data on that disk that you lost, you should have a backup to copy that data back to the pool.
If what you want is to recover that data from the parity disk, you will have to replace the disk, recover the data from the parity, and, later, if you want to remove that disk from the pool, follow the process to update the parity and copy the data again to the pool from the removed disk.
This is a bit confusing, I don't know if I explained myself clearly...
Yup I got it... Unless I have a backup of this failed drive, its better to replace and restore from Parity.
After this I can think about moving data off the drive and reducing my drive stack
Yup I got it... Unless I have a backup of this failed drive, its better to replace and restore from Parity.
After this I can think about moving data off the drive and reducing my drive stack
Correct. 
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