Removing Capacity (Or Drives) - Drobo 5N2 User Manual

1.7.3 Removing Capacity (or Drives)

You may wish to remove one or more drives from your Drobo 5N2, thereby reducing overall capacity.
Before doing so, keep the following in mind:
Your Drobo device requires a minimum of two drives, or three drives if you are using Dual Disk
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Redundancy, to ensure your data is protected. See
Remove only one drive at a time while your Drobo device is powered on, giving your Drobo
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device the opportunity afterwards to rearrange your data into the safest configuration across the
remaining drives.
If you would like to remove all drives from your Drobo device, first safely shutdown your Drobo
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device, and then unplug the power.
Data stored on drives removed from your Drobo device cannot be read by other systems.
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1. Ensure the drive lights on your Drobo device are not blinking yellow and green, which indicates
that your Drobo device is working to protect your data. Wait until the blinking stops.
Warning:
Removing a drive during this process may result in loss of data.
2. If you are removing all drives from your Drobo device, first safely shut it down and unplug it from
the power source.
Warning:
Not shutting down safely may result in loss of data.
3. Remove the bezel (faceplate) from the front of your Drobo device by pulling it off.
4. Use your thumb to depress (and open) the drive lock for the drive bay that contains the drive you
would like to remove. Refer to the image below.
Drobo5N2 User Guide
Managing Capacity for more information.
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