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    Hiya,

    Like many custom builds, I cobbled together old PC parts for my WHS. The motherboard has a mixture of SATA/150 and SATA/300 connectors. The drives on the SATA/150 controller are showing signs of holding back. I've started ripping my DVD's and BD's now and it's even more evident.

    So, if I want to move all my no-OS disks (5x 1TB internal) onto a new SATA controller (or even 2 controllers) how will WHS react? I think it will be safest to do the following:

    1) Add PCI SATA controller(s) and install drivers
    2) Remove all non-OS disks one at a time, letting WHS re-distribute data as required
    3) Move the removed disk to the new controller and let WHS detect and add it to the pool
    4) Repeat step 3 until all non-OS disks have been moved to the new controllers

    I'm not fussed about moving the OS disk as this is on the SATA/300 controller.

    Would that work and keep WHS happy? I can't do a backup and fresh install as I don't have capacity to do so.

    Thanks
    Monday, March 1, 2010 10:40 AM

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    Hang on, can't I just move them all onto the new disk and to a re-install of WHS, choosing the option to preserve data?

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    Yes, that would be another option as well.  However, using SATA drives can present more challenges when it comes to Server Reinstallation.  Since you were looking for the "safest" method, I would still say it's what your original suggestion was.

    If it was me, I would power down the server, move the drives from the old card to the new one, and power up.  If something should happen to not work (although it should), then proceed with a Reinstallation.  But my primary drive is PATA and I have everything backed up so I'm not as concerned with the "safest" method... :)
    • Marked as answer by Lanky Doodle Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:44 PM
    Tuesday, March 2, 2010 4:29 PM
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    Hiya,

    Like many custom builds, I cobbled together old PC parts for my WHS. The motherboard has a mixture of SATA/150 and SATA/300 connectors. The drives on the SATA/150 controller are showing signs of holding back. I've started ripping my DVD's and BD's now and it's even more evident.

    So, if I want to move all my no-OS disks (5x 1TB internal) onto a new SATA controller (or even 2 controllers) how will WHS react? I think it will be safest to do the following:

    1) Add PCI SATA controller(s) and install drivers
    2) Remove all non-OS disks one at a time, letting WHS re-distribute data as required
    3) Move the removed disk to the new controller and let WHS detect and add it to the pool
    4) Repeat step 3 until all non-OS disks have been moved to the new controllers

    I'm not fussed about moving the OS disk as this is on the SATA/300 controller.

    Would that work and keep WHS happy? I can't do a backup and fresh install as I don't have capacity to do so.

    Thanks
    You could probably just move the physical connections from the old ports to the new ones (after installing the card and the drivers of course) and have it work because the drives are identified by a GUID.  However, your method is much safer.  :)
    Monday, March 1, 2010 5:37 PM
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    Yeah I did think that, but if you move the connector, Windows would probably detect it as a new drive giving it a new GUID.

    I don't fancy re-ripping 3TB of DVDs and Blu-ray's so will play it safe!
    Monday, March 1, 2010 6:15 PM
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    Hang on, can't I just move them all onto the new disk and to a re-install of WHS, choosing the option to preserve data?

    Thanks
    Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:16 PM
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    Hang on, can't I just move them all onto the new disk and to a re-install of WHS, choosing the option to preserve data?

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    Yes, that would be another option as well.  However, using SATA drives can present more challenges when it comes to Server Reinstallation.  Since you were looking for the "safest" method, I would still say it's what your original suggestion was.

    If it was me, I would power down the server, move the drives from the old card to the new one, and power up.  If something should happen to not work (although it should), then proceed with a Reinstallation.  But my primary drive is PATA and I have everything backed up so I'm not as concerned with the "safest" method... :)
    • Marked as answer by Lanky Doodle Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:44 PM
    Tuesday, March 2, 2010 4:29 PM
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