January 6, 20233 yr Community Expert Hi all OK, power costs have finally crippled my production UnRAID server - unfortunately its an HP DL380 G8 with 20+ 2.5" SAS disks... which as we know dont spin down properly without falling off the array... so, I am replacing this with a DL380 G8 with 12 x 3.5" slots, so I can use 3.5" SATA disks, which will spin down when not being used. I have bought 6 x 6Tb disks to start with, replacing a variety of 2.5" disks ranging from 500Gb up to 2Tb. So, my question... what is the best way to migrate? My plan, as I have very few dockers / VMs, was to get a trial UnRAID key to get the new LFF server array built, create identical shares on the new machine, then copy the data over the LAN from each share from one machine to the same share on the other. But I am having a block on what to do when I transfer the licenced UnRAID USB from the old to the new server. Should I remove all the HDD settings from the old server, remove the key, insert in the new machine and then add the disks which will already have the data copied onto them? Any thouhgts on how to make this as seamless as possible would be gratefully received as I think I am over-thinking the process. Thanks Edited January 6, 20233 yr by SliMat typo
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