Recent content by LuMax

The mirrored array is for a possible HDD failure. I had one of the 6TB HDDs fail ~18 months ago. I replaced it with a new identical HDD the next day (Amazon to the rescue), the array rebuilt (required hours), but zero data loss. The odds of both failing simultaneously are quite remote.

My 'backup' is that the original 2 HDDs are not being changed, just unplugged. The data on both of them should not be affected during this process. If the rebuild fails for some reason, couldn't I just plug either of these disks into an unused SATA port and then copy the data once I have a...

On my PC I am running Win 11 Pro OS on a Samsung NVMe 980. For storage I currently use 2, 6TB HDDs running 'Mirrored' using Win 11 Pro Disk Management. This array has 6 partitions (Data, Photos, Video, Music, Archive, Backup) I just ordered 2, 16TB HDDs to replace the 6TB HDDs as they are nearly...