Move data from 3x2Tb drives to 1x8Tb

[luca2]

Hi, running latest version.

Just upgraded my parity to 8Tb.

How should I move the data from 3 drives to 1 bigger size disk?

 

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[sdamaged]

Use Krusader to move data from disk to disk

[threefoursixeight]

19 minutes ago, sdamaged said:

Use Krusader to move data from disk to disk

To add to this, there is an awesome spaceinvader one video detailing how to use Krusader.

[luca2]

OK. I love krusader. Wanted to check if there may be a script to do that. Thx anyway.

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[itimpi]

22 hours ago, luca2 said:

 

Hi, running latest version.

Just upgraded my parity to 8Tb.

How should I move the data from 3 drives to 1 bigger size disk?

 

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You could try the Unbalance plugin.

[luca2]

You could try the Unbalance plugin.

Thx mate. This is what I was looking for. Will try it later.

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[TSM]

Maybe I'm old school, but I've used midnight commander and screen to do stuff like this several times in the past and it works great.  

[JonathanM]

42 minutes ago, TSM said:

Maybe I'm old school, but I've used midnight commander and screen to do stuff like this several times in the past and it works great.  

While nothing is going to be blazingly fast copying from disk to disk, this method is definitely faster than working with the krusader container.

 

Also, copying is going to be significantly faster than moving, because copying only involves writing to 1 disk + parity, moving involves writing to 2 disks and the thrashing involved as parity has to update for both written disks. Plus, when you copy, you can remove the smaller disks with the data intact as a good backup in case something happens.