Swapping drive positions in a QNAP NAS

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I did a search here and via Google but did not find an answer to my question detailed below:

I have an 8-bay TS-831X that, for some reason I can’t quite remember, has three drives installed in slots #1, #3, and #5. Possibly for drive cooling but I am no longer sure.

Is it possible to move the drive in slot #3 to slot #2 and the drive in slot #5 to slot #3 without upsetting the data or does the entire array have to be rebuilt.

Thank you.

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If it is done while the NAS is not running, then modern CAT2 NAS do not care about the position of the drives, no.

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Message received and, per your suggestion, I powered the NAS down and moved the drives. The NAS never skipped a beat!

Thanks!