HDT Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Hello! I have 5 x 14 TB HDD's that I would like to start using with UNRAID. However, one of the 14 TB HDD's has data on it. I'm trying to figure out the best way to migrate the data onto UNRAID. Which plan is better? PLAN A: Create array with 4 HDD's Copy data from 5th HDD to new array Preclear 5th HDD Add 5th HDD to new array as parity drive PLAN B: Create array with 3 HDD's Add 4th HDD to new array as parity drive Copy data from 5th HDD to new array Preclear 5th HDD Add 5th HDD to new array to increase array size PLAN C : Something else? Edited May 26, 2022 by HDT Quote Link to comment
Solution jmztaylor Posted May 26, 2022 Solution Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Basically both are the same. But I would do A as it would allow the system to evenly write to all the disks. Then you won't have the issue of parity running and you are trying to copy stuff over. Or waiting for parity to complete to copy data over Edited May 26, 2022 by jmztaylor 1 Quote Link to comment
HDT Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Thank you jmztaylor, I will go with your recommendation! Quote Link to comment
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