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Actually, looking at the MSI board that I have, it says it supports Non-ECC, ECC (Non-ECC Mode) Unbuffered. Would that work or should I just go get a different one? Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the info! Do you know of a good AM4 board that uses ECC RAM? I was hoping to go with a Ryzen 7 CPU because I currently have that in my gaming PC. I was thinking of upgrading that to a Ryzen 9 and move the Ryzen 7 into a new Unraid server.

Cost isn't really a concern, as this is for my data so its important. I am curious though, what kind of errors could I potencially see with non-ECC RAM? Thanks!

Thanks for the reply! I currently use my server for storing my files and Plex. I have docker installed and a few of the "recommended" plugins for unraid. I don't see myself doing much more with it at this time but I guess I never know. Future proofing a little is never a bad thing. As for ECC Ram, is that recommend? Thanks again!

Hey everyone! I am looking at upgrading my current unraid server's hardware. I am starting to notice its age. I am wondering if a MSI X570-A Pro would be a good motherboard. I have a brand new one and thought I could start with that and then put a Ryzen 7 5800x and go from there. Would that motherboard work alright or should I look at a different one. Thank you!

The transfer from Disk 3 to Disk 1 has finished but I noticed there are errors on Disk 1. I have tested multiple files and everything looks good and works. Should I be concerned? I clicked on Disk 1 and can't see anything out of the normal.

Thanks for the help! I don't care which drive is assigned to which slot. As long as the data is safe, it doesn't matter to me.

Ok, Thanks. All I have done is skip the steps 10-15 as per @jonathanm instructions. Once I verified the data from Disk 1 copied to Disk 4, I changed the file system of Disk 1 to XFS, formatted it and started copying the data from Disk 3 to Disk 1.

Can I leave it the way it is now and follow 10-15 when the transfer is done?

I thought I was supposed to. The instructions say to put the swap disk in the excluded list. Is this not correct anymore?

I have posted the error, Global Share settings and the Movies Share settings showing that Disk1 is not in the included.

I cleared Disk 1 and started to move the data from Disk 3 to it. I am getting an error that says 'disk1 disk2 disk3 is not defined / installed in the array. This will cause errors when writing to the array. Fix it here: Movies Settings'. When I click 'Movies Settings' I see that the included disks are 2,3,4 ( I set disk 1 to exclude in the global share settings). Should I be concerned about this? My data from Disk1 is now sitting on Disk4 so I am not too worried but I don't want parity to erase anything if it tries to fix anything. Thanks!

LOL! Thanks for the info! I will stop the array and do a format/change file system and rinse and repeat for the next drive!

Great thanks! If I now stop the array, change/format Disk1 (the disk I copied all data from) to XFS, then start the array, will this work? From there I will copy all data from another drive to this drive (Disk 1). I guess what I am wondering is, how will Unraid know where the files are? My shares are setup across all drives. Since I have moved everything from Disk 1 to Disk 4, how does it know where the files are? Is it done through the shares? Some of my folders have data across multiple disks.

Great thanks! I have checked a bunch of files( a lot) and all seems good. Is the verify step recommended? Also, do I have to do anything with parity? After I am done changing all of my drives to XFS, do I just need to run a parity check?

The transfer of files from the Disk1 to Disk4(destination drive) is complete. I mapped to both disks from Windows to compare files and everything seems good! What I am wondering though, on Disk4, it created a folder called Disk1 and put everything in there. Is this normal? Do I need to move the files back to the root? Thanks!

OK. So the transfer of the first drive will complete in a few hours(Wow it takes a long time). You mentioned that I can skip steps 10-18 from the instructions on the other post. In doing so, what are my next steps? After the copy and verify is done, I can format the original drive and use it for the next transfer. Do I have to do anything with parity? I'm assuming I need to reconfigure that at some point?? Thanks for the help!

Is it a problem to still have Plex running so my kids can still have access to their shows and movies?

No. All shares have access to all disks.

Ok sounds good. This makes total sense. I am the only one who writes to the server. The rest of the household uses it viewing media using Plex. I just need to: Add 3TB drive to the array as XFS Run: cp -rpv /mnt/[source]/* /mnt/[dest] format 'source' drive from previous step to XFS Pick another drive and do the same. Also, will I have to make any changes to my shares? Thanks again for all of the help! It is greatly appreciated!

LOL. I can manage either. If the array has to be stopped, it has to be stopped. I could also do this at certain times of the day when no one needs to access the server.

Great! Thank you for the help! Reading the directions on the other thread, it says I should make a folder on the destination drive(their example was the folder 't') and copy everything in there using: cp -rpv /mnt/[source]/* /mnt/[dest]/t Is this still the best way? Sorry for all of the questions, I am learning that things are a lot different than when I first started with my unraid server(v5). I am just making sure everything is correct.( I am always nervous when I am moving my data around). lol

I know that new doesn't mean tested. Sorry, I was just stating that it wasn't in the server yet. I wasn't planning on putting it in the server(then testing it) until I was at that point. I am just a little confused on the order this all should happen. For the 3TB drive that I have sitting as unassigned, does that get added to the array as a new drive to the array? I am assuming that the drives in the array can be different file systems.

The 4TB is brand new. I haven't put it in the server yet. The 3TB that is sitting as unassigned is the former parity drive. I figured I would start with that one because the drives in my array are 3TB(2 of them) and a 2TB.

Great thanks for the info! I will try changing the sata cable and see if that corrects the CRC errors.