Steps to remove a single drive from FreeNAS 9.10

[SubX]

Need some guideline and steps on disk removal from FreeNAS 9.10. Two scenariosc below.

Scenario 1 :
- Two single drives are reported error from smartctl. Those are configured as single drive, not part of ZFS pool.
- Need detail steps on how to remove them from FreeNAS and leave no trace on the system.

Scenario 2 :
- One single drive also needed to be removed from FreeNAS 1 and the drive will be plug into FreeNAS 2 and allow FreeNAS 2 to read/write the data
- Need detail steps.

Many Thanks,

 

[Ericloewe]

Those are configured as single drive, not part of ZFS pool.

If you're using them with 9.3 or later, they're formatted with ZFS. No alternatives there.

Need detail steps on how to remove them from FreeNAS and leave no trace on the system.

Depends on what you're doing with it...

One single drive also needed to be removed from FreeNAS 1 and the drive will be plug into FreeNAS 2 and allow FreeNAS 2 to read/write the data

Nothing special. Just import the pool.

 

[danb35]

- Need detail steps on how to remove them from FreeNAS and leave no trace on the system.

Go to the Storage screen, select the pool (yes, it is a ZFS pool), click the Detach button at the bottom (the one with the red X). In the window that pops up, if you want the disk wiped, check the box that says "mark disks as new", otherwise don't. Click OK. Do the same thing with the other pool.

 

[SubX]

Thanks both. so my drives are all ZFS.
Just follow the steps and remove the disks.
Thanks a lot>

 

[SubX]

Need to buy some cheap but reliable HDD (3T or 4T) for my FreeNAS as Black Friday sales is approaching. Any suggestion on what brand/model is best in term of price/performance and what drives to avoid.

Thanks in advanced.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Need to buy some cheap but reliable HDD (3T or 4T) for my FreeNAS as Black Friday sales is approaching. Any suggestion on what brand/model is best in term of price/performance and what drives to avoid.

Thanks in advanced.

Does not matter you just have to burn them in before you use them. We reds, seagates iron wolf, hgst Nas drives are the 3 most popular drives.

 

[SubX]

Does not matter you just have to burn them in before you use them. We reds, seagates iron wolf, hgst Nas drives are the 3 most popular drives.

Any documents regarding how to burn in HDD? What tool to use? Thanks,

 

[SweetAndLow]

Any documents regarding how to burn in HDD? What tool to use? Thanks,

Yeah all over the forum and in my signature. The tool is called badblocks. You should probably read all the links in my signature.