Ouze Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) Hello all, My cache drive is no longer big enough for what I store on it. I want to replace my single 500gb SDD with a 1TB SSD. I did a search, and I found this guide: https://wiki.unraid.net/Replace_A_Cache_Drive which seems straightforward, but it's also pretty old. I believe it was last updated in 2017, before cache pools were a thing. Is that above tutorial still the best way to do it, or is it better do something with cache pool shenanigans (add the new drive to a cache pool, and then subtract the original drive) or some other new way of doing it that I hadn't found in my search? I am terrified of doing this wrong and screwing up my Plex install. Thank you! Edited November 18, 2020 by Ouze typo Quote Link to comment
kizer Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 When I did mine I copied everything that isn't in the appdata folder to a share and used the CA Backup/Restore plugin and used it to create a backup of all my appdata to a share. Swapped out my SSD and then used the restore feature of the CA Backup/Restore plugin. Even if you are a little nervous you can easily just copy everything to a share on your network, but for me using the Backup/Restore of the of plugin made it super easy. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Is current cache xfs or btrfs? Quote Link to comment
Ouze Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Current cache is BTRFS. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 If you can connect both devices at the same time you can do an online replacement, see here. Quote Link to comment
Ouze Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Yeaah buddy. Thank you, that seems way less involved! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Make sure you read the bold parts regarding single device replacement. Quote Link to comment
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