Jsfunk

The old box has a RAID controller added since the main board didn't have enough SATA slots but the new one will have plenty. The old system isn't using any dockers as I'm not that familiar with them.

I got my hands on some new hardware and want to move all my existing set up (USB, drives, settings, etc) to it and want to make sure I do it correctly. If this is wrong place to ask or if there is a guide to do this, sorry I posted here and someone please direct me to it. Here is what I think I know: Document all the drives serial numbers and their corresponding IDs in Unraid Take array offline Power down Move USB to new hardware - does this work? does it account for the license? Move drives over Power up Check array Assign drives the proper IDs This seems to simplistic so any help is appreciated.

@DirtyDarrell Thanks for the response. I'm starting to build my list of components. There's lot of Z760's and not many 690's. Would that work you think?

It's been several years since I built my original unraid and it's built off old personal hardware. It's been a great friend but it's time to upgrade since each update has increased memory usage (currently at 97%). So here is the very generic question: Since I think I want to build it myself, what should the specs be? I don't use it for much of anything other than picture and video storage. Currently have 10TB capacity and almost full. Want to add extra drives so enough SATAs are key. I know this is a generic question but would like to throw it out there. I've thought about buying a NAS storage device preconfigured but this seems more fun.

I've been running UNRAID on the same old desktop hardware for years and am running out of CPU and memory. Just got my hands on a Lenovo XEON server and want to change over to it. I have 6 disks (one being the parity) and the flash drive running the OS. I guess the question is how to go about moving everything over? Is it as simple as installing the USB to the new server, move the drives over and making sure the serial numbers match the drive "letters" in the array and bring it back online? Sorry if this is too elementary but I have to start somewhere.