Removing Drives - Drobo 8D User Manual

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Removing Drives

You may wish to remove one or more drives from the Drobo 8D, thereby reducing overall capacity.
Before doing so, keep the following in mind:
● The Drobo device requires a minimum of two drives, or three drives if you are using Dual Disk
Redundancy, to ensure your data is protected. See
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When removing drives, wait until all the bay lights are solid green to let data protection
complete.
● Remove only one drive at a time while the Drobo device is powered on, allowing the Drobo
device to rearrange your data into the safest configuration across the remaining drives.
● If you would like to remove all drives from the Drobo device, first
and then unplug the power.
● Data stored on drives removed from the Drobo device cannot be read by other systems.
If you would like to remove your SSD, see
To remove the capacity or drives from you Drobo 8D:
1. Ensure that the drive lights on the Drobo device are not blinking yellow and green, which
indicates that the Drobo device is working to protect your data. Wait until the blinking stops.
Warning:
Removing a drive during data protection may result in loss of data.
2. If you are removing all drives from the 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 the 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.
Drobo 8D User Guide
Managing Capacity
Removing a back slot
for more information.
safely shutdown the Drobo
SSD.
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