Hi all....i am running v 4.0.x...i never upgraded beyond that since it works so well as it is...my question(s) is this:

 

if i were to power down the array...remove one or both of the data HD (not the parity drive)... could i install it into another computer and expect to be able to read the data? 

 

i know unraid uses the reiser file system...would the computer i put the drive in have to be capable of reading reiser?

 

would i be able to pull off the data and copy to another HD?

 

i know it seems weird to be trying to do this this way but for various reasons i would like to do it this way if it will work.

 

my setup is simple:

 

unraid 4.0xxx

500gb parity sata

500gb disk 1

500gb disk 2

 

movies is the share and dvd's were backed up to disk 1 until it was about 85% full then i chose disk 2 as the destination for any subsequent data.  it is about 30% full now.  i mention this because i am pretty sure none of my movies spanned both HD which if i am correct may present another problem.

 

any suggestions or warning would be appreciated...i dont have alot of experience with linux or unraid...i built this over 2 years ago and it has worked so well i almost never touch it

 

 

The best I can offer as an answer is the FAQ entry, "How do I recover data from an unRAID disk?", and see the very last item, "Connect your disk ...".

 

In unRAID, no files span disks, so no problems there.

ok thats what i was looking for...i missed it the first 80,000 times i looked for it there 

 

much thanks