September 9, 2025Sep 9 Hey everyone,I want to update my server which means basically moving all my drives to a new computer - new CPU, motherboard, LSI card (replacing a PCI Sata controller), RAM and power supply. Basically just the case, HDDs, NVME drives and the USB stick with Unraid will remain :). The question is - should I pay atention to something specific so I do not lose data, or after reassembly and booting up everything should work normally?Any support and knowledge sharing is appreciated. Thank you all!
September 9, 2025Sep 9 Community Expert Solution As long as no RAID controllers are involved, it should be plug and play.
September 9, 2025Sep 9 Author 2 hours ago, JorgeB said:As long as no RAID controllers are involved, it should be plug and play.The LSI card is flashed into IT mode so shouldn't be a problem.
September 23, 2025Sep 23 Author After some adventures, transition is complete. The Unraid part went extremely smooth. Just as @JorgeB mentioned, it was plug and play. Once the CPU, motherboard, memory, PSU and LSI card were changed, I connected the drives, plugged in the USB and that was it. The adventures came more from a defective motherboard that was initially delivered, which made the whole process much longer than it was supposed to be. One note on the LSI card. Seeing much much better speeds on the parity checks. Went up from an average of 40 to almost 100MB/s. Definitely worth it.
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