Migrating from Adaptec 52445 RAID 6 array


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Hello

Is it possible to use an Adaptec 52445 Controller with 2 RAID 6 arrays in Unraid?
It currently has a NTFS partition on each, and I was hoping to copy the content to a new Unraid Array.
If the controller is supported I would assume it was just a matter of using unassigned devices to mount it and then copy the contents.

Another option would be to install a windows VM and pass the controller to the VM and then copy the contents from there.

The machine in question is currently running windows with a few network shares, I would prefer to migrate to Unraid without building an additional machine just to copy the contents

Any thoughts on this?

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  • 3 weeks later...

I decided to give it a try, and it seems to be working.

The controller along with the arrays was detected in Unraid 6.9.1
After installing unassigned devices plugin and unassigned devices plus, I was able to mount the arrays.

You can even share them via SMB and access them from a windows PC.

 

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