So I recently built a new unRAID server and plan on transferring the files from my old server to my new one.  It will have to be a transfer, because the old disks are on reiserfs and I'd now like to use xfs. 

 

I have a few old drives in the old server.  I currently only have a 3TB drive in my new build (with 6tb parity).  Should I shut the old server down and transfer disk by disk using something like unassigned devices?  My old array consisted of 2x Samsung 1.5tb drives (will be retired), 2x 2tb Samsung drives (will be retired) and 5x 3TB WD Reds (1 as parity).  I'd transfer 1 3TB disk, preclear the old disk and then add to the array and start the next one, repeating until I'm complete.

 

What would you recommend? 

I use rsynch, like so:

 

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/user/Source-share/* /mnt/user/Dest-share

 

If you want to copy from a specific disk first so you can empty it, use this instead:

 

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/diskX/Source-share/* /mnt/user/Dest-share

or

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/diskX/Source-share/* /mnt/diskX/Dest-share

I use rsynch, like so:

 

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/user/Source-share/* /mnt/user/Dest-share

 

If you want to copy from a specific disk first so you can empty it, use this instead:

 

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/diskX/Source-share/* /mnt/user/Dest-share

or

rsync -avAXP -e ssh root@source-ip-address:/mnt/diskX/Source-share/* /mnt/diskX/Dest-share

 

So you recommend leaving the old server up and copying it through the network?  I was leaning towards adding the drive to the new sever locally and moving the files off onto the new array before clearing the old drive.

If the new server is going to have parity during  the transfer speed will be the same  (assuming you have gigabit ), so do it however it's easier for you, without parity adding the old disks should be a little faster.

 

So you recommend leaving the old server up and copying it through the network?  I was leaning towards adding the drive to the new sever locally and moving the files off onto the new array before clearing the old drive.

 

Did you figure out a way to insert the disk into the unRaid server and move data over?  i'm in the same situation you are in and want to move data from one non-unRaid drive to the unRaid storage pool.

 

So you recommend leaving the old server up and copying it through the network?  I was leaning towards adding the drive to the new sever locally and moving the files off onto the new array before clearing the old drive.

 

Did you figure out a way to insert the disk into the unRaid server and move data over?  i'm in the same situation you are in and want to move data from one non-unRaid drive to the unRaid storage pool.

Unassigned Devices plugin