October 24, 20232 yr Hi all. I've just built my first Unraid server as a replacement for a media server that was just a PC running Windows and an external USB drive. I've got to the point of building the array and just wanted to check my plan I've got together from reading around would be the best route. The setup is currently 3x10TB data drives and I plan to shuck my existing in-use 18TB external HDD and use that as the parity, with a 1TB SSD cache drive as well. I first need to get the existing data off the 18TB onto the array - am I right in thinking that the most efficient way to do this is: 1. Start the array with just the 3x10TBs as the primary in the share. 2. Copy the data off the 18TB to the array. 3. Once that's complete shuck the 18TB and add it as the parity. 4. Set the SSD cache as Primary and Array as Secondary. Alongside this, I've been figuring the best way to get the data off the USB to the array. I've got Unassigned Devices setup (currently preclearing the 10TB drives) and was originally thinking moving everything through Krusader, but on review I only have USB2.0 ports on the Unraid system. Would it be quicker to connect the drive to a USB3 port on my Windows PC and copy over the network (all 1gb connections)? With the plus being I'd be able to add a verify step to the copy, as I'll be wiping the source for the parity drive.
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