cnoppers

Excellent - thanks for your assistance - time to order a new shelf and await delivery.

Thanks JorgeB, just to confirm... If I setup the new UnRAID server (new license), and plug the existing disk shelf (with it's array/data intact) into that hardware, as long as I create the new array with the original parity (2) and data (22) drives in the same/correct assignmnents on the new UnRAID server as they were in the old UnRIAD server... it should just work? Or am I missing anything further?

I'm sure this has been done before, but my gogoling has not yet provded me with the answer. Everyone seems to take their UnRAID usb to the new hardware. I wish to keep the usb with the old hardware, and just move the disk array. I have an unRAID server with a 24x 4tb (96tb) disk shelf plus an addtioanl 6x various cache/system drives in the main server case etc. The main array is getting full (about 10% free), so I am plannig on buying another ebay disk shelf with 24x 6tb (144tb) drives. I don't quite need 240tb in unRAID at the moment (yet), so I am planning to transfer the 96tb disk shelf to a tempory UnRAID server (new or trial UnRAID license) - keeping all its array/files intact. Then using my current hardware, add the new disk shelf (144tb) to my existing server (keeping all its current caches, dockers, vms etc), create a new array, and copy all the data back over from the temporary server, and then shut the temporary server down until I need the additional space. Both new and old disk shelves (Netapp DS4246) + HBA (LSI 9200-16e) will be the same. Server mobo + cpu etc will be different (Intel 11th gen i5 vs 4th gen i3) Is there an easy way to do this? Or can I mount all 48 disks on the single UnRAID at once (I'd assume as second pool) , transfer the data, and then disconnect the old shelf, making the new shelf the main array? For some context, I'd prefer not to move the usb over as I am quite happy with how everything else is working on this hardware - various dockers, game servers, 8+ tb worth of LAN/Steam cache on the cache drives/pool. I can re do it, I'd just rather not. Additonally, I'd rather not be removing/replacing a single drive and rebuilding the array 24x times. I can happily leave the server(s) alone for a week while they transfer the data back to the new live server if i can safely move the entire array to a new UnRAID instance.