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Hi,
I am coming close to filling up my External RAID 5 Archive (in a 5 bay enclosure).
Instead of buying more enclosures I was hoping to take all the disks out and store them whilst I create a new volume with fresh drives. As this is just an archive I do not need access it very often.
I was hoping someone could give me some advice on if this is a practical idea. Is it as simple as plugging the Raid drive-set back in if I need to access the files? Will it need to rebuild or anything?
Also if anyone knows of a good way of cold storing drives I'd appreciate any tips!
Thanks,
Joe
Posted : 21/10/2016 4:23 pm
Yes you can do this. Take static precautions when handling drives, that is still a big reason why consumer drives fail more often than they should.
If you are accessing the older drives every few months, there should be no reason they won't work. Store them in static bags. Don't let them get prolonged "cold", as temperatures below 60 degrees for an extended length of time can be bad for electronics in our experience.
Posted : 21/10/2016 5:41 pm
Topic starter
Yes you can do this. Take static precautions when handling drives, that is still a big reason why consumer drives fail more often than they should.
If you are accessing the older drives every few months, there should be no reason they won't work. Store them in static bags. Don't let them get prolonged "cold", as temperatures below 60 degrees for an extended length of time can be bad for electronics in our experience.
Awesome thanks for the response. So if I insert the drives back into the enclosure does it matter if they are in a different order or does the raid software automatically detect when all the drives are mounted?
Thanks
Posted : 22/10/2016 4:19 am
It does not matter what order. It technically does not even matter what bus they are on. They could have been created on USB, then reconnected via Thunderbolt.
Posted : 22/10/2016 9:32 am
