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how so ? How should id do it then ? (using cli for instance ) I get this : (i did not fiddle with shares just yet)

yes i did, and the "best" way i found is going into console and doing. dd if=/path/to/input of=/path/to/output status=progress Although i'm not sure i need to mount them as they are seen in /dev, right ?

yes, i've read about mc but it is not as straightforward as i thought, am i missing something ? i thought the steps would be in a tutorial somewhere as i thought it would be "starting unraid 101" kind of process

My main concern is not about the parity, i just wanted to give some general context. What i try to achieve is. Also, my backup plan is to use cli to do the job but i was looking for a way to do it more easily (i'm pretty sure it's a case that a lot of people will face)

Thanks, i'll give it a try

Definetely not.

I only have 1x 4TB After it has done the moving, it will be used for parity. As for now I have 1x 320GB old and ureliable drive as array and nothing else (no parity)

Hello, my problem is fairly simple, yet i couldn't find a clear approach in other threads (i hope i search enough, else, don't hesitate to redirect me to the right thread) I have an old server with 1x 3TB, 2x 1TB filled drives. On the new server i have a new (empty) 1x 4TB drive. I would like: copy the content of the 3TB to the 4TB. Format the 3TB to have it ready for array. copy back the content of the 4TB to the prepared 3TB repeat for both 1TB drives. after everything is ready for the array put the 4TB as parity and the prepared drives too On a side note i have a 1TB NVMe, empty that can help for the heavy lifting but i plan to use it for the windows gaming VM only afterward For what i've read: copy is better than moving (in any case i assume that by preparing the disks for array, they'll be erased of zeroed) it's better to do all the preparation part outside of an array (so, not adding the 3TB to the array before copying back) My question is How to do it? I was hoping for an app to automate the cp - clear disk - cp back (with a gui would be awesome) but i don't mind doing cli commands Thank you all,