February 26Feb 26 Community Expert My first, and current, build is definitely less than ideal, a DL360 Gen9 with a bunch of external USB HDDs connected. I'm finally at the point where I am able to build a proper system. I have all the pieces needed and am adding two additional drives, one for parity and the other for data. I'm planning on repurposing all the externals as internals to put into the new build. My fear is that after shucking, the HDD ID will change causing the need for a PreClear which will result in data loss. Is this a valid fear and if so, what is the best way to move the data from the old server to the new one? Setup a new server with the new drives, copy over a drive, shuck, install, preclear, add. Rinse and repeat? Will it require another license for the second server even though it will only be temporary? Any and all insight is greatly appreciated.
February 26Feb 26 Community Expert Solution It will depend on the USB bridges. The first thing to do is to try with one of the disks, to check if the serial changes, and if yes, if it's just that or the disk is no longer mountable (much less common)
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