Re: best way to replace all disks

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Not sure whether this can be helpful? (since the arrays look <1TB)

1. make a virtual machine, clone the OS, on a newer computer

2. clone the the hdd/partitions to the newer computer. (maybe to image files).

3. if all work fine, use the VM to replace the old one.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:03 AM Gandalf Corvotempesta
<gandalf.corvotempesta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Il giorno lun 22 apr 2019 alle ore 16:58 Reindl Harald
> <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>
> > * first: replace one disk after the next with typical rebuild
>
> Sure, but as these disks are very old (many years running h24), there
> is an high chance that during
> a rebuild, the "source" disk fails. I have to keep data safe as much
> as possible.



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