IMTheNachoMan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I have an unRAID server with one 4 TB HDD. There is nothing wrong with it. I don't need that much space so I want to swap it with a 2 TB HDD I have. My thought is to put the 2 TB in an external enclosure, plug it into my unRAID server, do a data transfer, then swap the 4 TB with the 2 TB. But I assume there are some additional steps I gotta do? How do I make sure the data I copied to the 2 TB from the 4 TB isn't lost when I add it to unRAID. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Why not do it he other way around? set up Unraid with the drive(s) you want to keep, and then put the removed drive into the external enclosure to copy its data back to Unraid. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Will that work? Won't I have to format the drive or something? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 minute ago, IMTheNachoMan said: Will that work? Won't I have to format the drive or something? You will have to format the 2TB drive you want in the array before copying data to it, but the 4TB drive you move to the external enclosure can be mounted with no problems. Every array drive in Unraid has a self-contained file system that is readable outside the array. You probably want the Unassigned Devices plugin installed to simplify the mounting of the drive in the USB enclosure. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Got it. Thank you! Quote Link to comment
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