binar Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Greetings Fellow Forum Members, PC#1 is a Window7 RAID6 array machine with 20TB of data on it (no more storage space on it). PC#2 is a new UnRAID machine with a 50TB capacity. My plan is to transfer all 20TB over to the new 50TB UnRAID PC with a single CAT6 cable connection between both machines. However, I have not done anything yet because I have some uncertainties. Can anyone in this community please clarify for me the following: Do I need to perform a TCP/IP configuration on my Windows7 machine so my UnRAID share drives appear on Windows7 machine? Does UnRAID automatically generate an IP address which I then need to find on my Windows7 machine in order to establish a TCP/IP connection? Is TCP/IP connection idea totally wrong? What protocol is the correct one to use to connect my two machines together so I can migrate my data the correct way? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The normal way would be to have a router between your PC and your server. Why do you want to do it differently? Quote Link to comment
binar Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thank you for your post Constructor. It is not that I want to do it differently. This whole process of migrating data over from a RAID array over to a new UnRAID machine is totally new to me. So to answer your question, I just don't know all of the details involved in performing a data migration between two machines. Nevertheless, my new plan is to use a router in between both machines. With the router in place, my Win7 machine should recognize the UnRAID share folders. But is setting up a TCP/IP connection still necessary after the router is in place? Thank you for any advice. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, binar said: Thank you for your post Constructor. You're welcome "Member" Have you ever used Windows on a network to access other computers on that network? It works exactly like that. And the computers on the network will already be using TCP/IP. Quote Link to comment
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