You have said you have your data backed up "already have 2 4TB ones doing that job, "
Then who cares about how you setup /move your new drive
Start from scratch with a new fresh install
Upgrade capacity and disks without losing my setup?
- spikemixture
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Re: Upgrade capacity and disks without losing my setup?
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2x SSD 860 EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD 860 EVO 250GB (Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe 970 500gb NVME (Raid1 Plex and Emby server)
GTX 1050 TI
Qnap TVS-1282 i7 (32GB RAM) 6x8TB WD White - JBOD, 2x M.2 Crucial 500gb (Raid1 VM),
2x SSD EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD EVO 250gb (Raid1 Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe Intel 512GB NVME (Raid1-Servers)
Synology -1817+ - DOA
Drobo 5n - 5x4TB Seagate, - Drobo Raid = 15TB
ProBox 8 Bay USB3 - 49TB mixed drives - JBOD
All software is updated asap.
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Re: Upgrade capacity and disks without losing my setup?
Ah now I'm getting somewhere!
-insert 4TB in bay 2: check
-migrate to RAID1: check
-swap the 2TB from bay 1 with a 4TB: check
-"swapping the 4TB in place" - do you mean in bay 1 or 2?
-even if I format it quickly, won't this leave me with just a RAID1 2TB set up?
-can the disks be reliably hot-swapped in such scenarios?
Thanks again!
@dolbyman: in my OP you'll see that stumbling block here is keping my OS setup, I really don't want to start from scratch...
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- dolbyman
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Re: Upgrade capacity and disks without losing my setup?
with "in place" I mean the same bay you took it from
the nas just needs to go through the procedure to enable capacity expansion..
the format is done, so the disk seems "new" to the nas
the nas just needs to go through the procedure to enable capacity expansion..
the format is done, so the disk seems "new" to the nas
- spikemixture
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Re: Upgrade capacity and disks without losing my setup?
I totally understand. I spend days/weeks setting things up exactly how I want. I hate starting from scratch.
But !
But you know many/most times it takes longer fiddling around than starting from scratch!
Qnap TS-1277 1700 (48gb RAM) 8x10TB WD White,- Raid5, 2x M.2 Crucial 1TB (Raid 1 VM),
2x SSD 860 EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD 860 EVO 250GB (Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe 970 500gb NVME (Raid1 Plex and Emby server)
GTX 1050 TI
Qnap TVS-1282 i7 (32GB RAM) 6x8TB WD White - JBOD, 2x M.2 Crucial 500gb (Raid1 VM),
2x SSD EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD EVO 250gb (Raid1 Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe Intel 512GB NVME (Raid1-Servers)
Synology -1817+ - DOA
Drobo 5n - 5x4TB Seagate, - Drobo Raid = 15TB
ProBox 8 Bay USB3 - 49TB mixed drives - JBOD
All software is updated asap.
I give my opinion from my experience i.e. I have (or had) that piece of equipment/software and used it!
2x SSD 860 EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD 860 EVO 250GB (Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe 970 500gb NVME (Raid1 Plex and Emby server)
GTX 1050 TI
Qnap TVS-1282 i7 (32GB RAM) 6x8TB WD White - JBOD, 2x M.2 Crucial 500gb (Raid1 VM),
2x SSD EVO 500gb (Raid1 QTS), 2x SSD EVO 250gb (Raid1 Cache), 2x M.2 PCIe Intel 512GB NVME (Raid1-Servers)
Synology -1817+ - DOA
Drobo 5n - 5x4TB Seagate, - Drobo Raid = 15TB
ProBox 8 Bay USB3 - 49TB mixed drives - JBOD
All software is updated asap.
I give my opinion from my experience i.e. I have (or had) that piece of equipment/software and used it!