Adding storage drives and changing RAID setup to suit

Adrian E · 2014-11-03T11:38:35+01:00

Hi there I will first of all say I am not an IT pro, but can follow instructions and generally not brick stuff! I have OMV 0.5.60 installed on an HP Micro Server. At the moment I have a pair of 3TB WD red drives installed, but these are nearing capacity in a straight mirrored RAID config. I'm intending to buy 2 more 3TB WD reds to fill the available bays. The server gets used to backup a desktop and laptop on a weekly basis and is largely used for media server duties around the house, so lots of music and large video files. Is there a walk through guide to adding additional drives and what steps I need to take in what order for OMV to recognise them? Given the above usage what RAID config is recommended? I'm happy to live with 1 drive failure to give maximum storage, but not sure what other factors I need to take into account? Grateful for any guidance - I haven't yet ordered the drives but will be doing so shortly. Adrian

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Adrian E
Nov 3rd 2014

Adrian E

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Nov 12th 2014
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Thank you so much for your help and support

My shares are all reconfigured and data is flowing back to where it should be!

Best wishes

Adrian
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