Kouklo

I'm just going to copy and paste what I already posted on reddit, just makes my life a little easier. Lol Hi all!! So I've been thinking doing some sort of "factory reset" on my server. When I first set it up a few years ago, not only did I have no idea what I was doing but I didn't know that the trash guides were even a thing. I set everything up in a way that made sense at the time (to me anyway) but now that I'm adding more and more dockers, I keep running into issues that seem like they can be avoided if I use a standard "layout" like most people. My other issue is I have quite a few folders left over from dockers that I've uninstalled. Over the course of a few years there are a few things that were changed and what not, so maybe I follow the windows mentally and just resort it and start from the beginning. Lol Am I crazy? Should I just redo the folder structure as it's described in the trash guide instead? Are there any pros or cons in doing it one way over the other?

It looks like you may have had a good cup of coffee as well! Ha. It looks like I may have one or two options. Before I mark anything as a solution I want to try it first and report back. This way if anyone in the future sees this they will know for sure if it works or not.

I just had an idea (the coffee is doing it's job). What about a VM? In unraid I run a windows VM and install stablebit drivepool on it. Can I then transfer all the files that way?

Fingers crossed! There has to be something out there right?

The problem with that idea is I use stablebit drivepool. Even if your idea works, without stablebit unraid won't really know what it's reading on the drives.

So I had an idea for the transfer. Unraid runs off of a USB right? I unplug all of the drives except for the 3 empty ones I have and I mount them to unraid. I then boot back into windows and I find some sort of app that allows me to see/use the unraid drives in Windows. I start moving as much as I can from each drive and with the new empty drives I switch over and mount them to unraid. Does that make sense? Is there a app that will let me do that? Am I crazy?...... Ok maybe don't answer that last one. Lol

Oh yeah I know that. I have no room left in the case for more drives and I don't really want to spend more money on other bigger drives. I know it's not perfect but it's obviously better than nothing. I just want that one 18tb to do its job in case another drive decides to bite the bullet.

Hi all! I could use a little help looking in the right direction. Right now I'm running a windows server with 5x16tb, 2x18tb and 1x10tb. They all go through stablebit drivepool. I want to switch over to unraid for the power savings and to be able to have a parity drive for backup (something stablebit doesn't offer). So my issues are, can I do JBOD and have one of my 18tb be a parity backup drive? Also what ideas does everyone have about transferring all the content? From all the drives I listed above I have 1 18tb, 1 10tb and 1 for sure but possibly 2 16tb drives that are empty.