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Appreciates the info on default shares, I have further understanding of what files would be in here. I checked the /system folder on disk1, and discovered it's no longer there so I guess I'm ok 😕 The /isos folder is empty and that would make sense since I never used VM. I think I've covered all my bases, so pretty much ready to convert the filesystem. But first I am running parity check now as I noticed error counts. While the parity check is running, I was thought I should verify the MC copy was ok. I have double checked total size of directories and count of files - I'm 99% satisfied. For those also learning like me, I'm sharing the resources I used https://linuxhandbook.com/find-directory-size-du-command/ and https://linuxize.com/post/count-files-in-directory-on-linux/ re: 99% satisfied is because there's a discrepancy for one of my folders which the original displayed 92GB vs copied 91GB. However the file count is the same. I'm not sure why the size difference.

There might be a reason to use either in the future. As of now, I haven't done more with it because my system specs are quite outdated and I plan to upgrade it.

Thanks for letting me know. I don't have any docker apps or VMs, i.e. my system is pretty bare and strictly used as a file repository but I have disabled them in settings as instructed. I just checked and saw there is a /system folder on my cache disk too. For some background, my unraid system originally started without a cache disk. I think it was this way for many years, but last year I added a cache disk. Should I really copy disk1/system/ to cache disk or is it better to save it elsewhere and copy back?

I have copied over my files to disk2. For next step, do I need to do something with the /isos and /system on disk1 OR will it be safe to leave it and go ahead to convert the disk to NFS? Best, D

Sorry I missed mentioned the one cache drive (updated my previous post). What should I do? I have a follow up question to approach 2, please forgive my limited knowledge and terminology. I believe my files under folders are distributed across the array (e.g. Documents folder resides on disk1, disk2 and disk3 with various files across those disks). After I copy the files to "backup" to disk2 and convert disk1 to XFS, do I simply just use the MC copy command to copy back those files? Will unraid know and need to recreate the reference points on disk1 to the files?

I found out I need to perform the conversion for one of my disks in RFS format. This disk has documents/files I don't want to loose, so it's important that I do this accurately. So I like to check here and confirm if my approach is sound before starting the process. Current array: Parity 4TB Disk1 1TB RFS (99% utilized) Disk2 4TB XFS (25% utilized) Disk3 1TB XFS Disk4 230GB XFS Cache 250GB Future array: Parity 4TB Disk1 1TB XFS Disk2 4TB XFS Disk3 1TB XFS Disk4 230GB XFS My plan is to use MC to move/copy files, which seems the the most straightforward and understandable to me of some of the methods I've read. Should I be OK? I have two ideas to keep all my files and convert the disk1. Which one is the best/safest approach? Approach 1 Move all my files from disk1 to disk2 Stop the array Convert the FS Optional Move files back to disk1 Done Approach 2 Create a folder "temp" on disk2 Copy all my files from disk1 to disk2/temp Stop the array Convert the FS Copy all files from disk2/temp to disk1 Done Question: I noticed there is folders called /isos and /system on disk1. Should I move or copy them along with my files? /system has /docker/docker.img and /libvirt/libvirt.img Question 2: As I'm a little nervous about doing this, I want to copy just the contents from disk1 to a Windows enabled external USB harddrive to create a secondary backup in case something goes terribly wrong. I don't think I can do this on a Windows PC via network shares without having to identify each file that resides on disk1. Is what I want to do even possible and how would I go about doing this?