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blue68f100 · 03-23-2009, 07:14 PM

You would need to disable AV, Snapshots, Backup, and any other service running. Break/delete the raid 5. You can have no reference to any HD's .
Power down by gui
remove drives 2-4
install new one in to Drive 2 position.
boot the 4200. Watch the LED's on drive 2. they will lite for about 10-30 sec while the OS is being transfered. Normally less than 10 min.
power down once the OS has been transfered.
remove drive 1
move drive 2 to slot 1
boot the server.
once up and running you can now hot swap the remaining drives. (2-4)

03-23-2009, 07:14 PM	#2
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Few Questions about installing larger drives You would need to disable AV, Snapshots, Backup, and any other service running. Break/delete the raid 5. You can have no reference to any HD's . Power down by gui remove drives 2-4 install new one in to Drive 2 position. boot the 4200. Watch the LED's on drive 2. they will lite for about 10-30 sec while the OS is being transfered. Normally less than 10 min. power down once the OS has been transfered. remove drive 1 move drive 2 to slot 1 boot the server. once up and running you can now hot swap the remaining drives. (2-4) __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820