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    Hi All, I'll keep this brief.
    I'm currently using a home built home server, it's big 'n' loud so I am looking at buying an Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N Home Server.

    I currently have about 1.5tb of data across 3HDD and I was wonder how would be the best way of moving the files to the new server? Would just moving the harddrives into the new box cause a problem, or should I just copy the data across the network, then add hard drives gradually?

    Also I was wondering if anyone had any information about the AH340, what happens if the OS goes kaput? How do you install an OS on a machine with no video card?
    Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:27 PM

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    Hi All, I'll keep this brief.
    I'm currently using a home built home server, it's big 'n' loud so I am looking at buying an Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N Home Server.

    I currently have about 1.5tb of data across 3HDD and I was wonder how would be the best way of moving the files to the new server? Would just moving the harddrives into the new box cause a problem, or should I just copy the data across the network, then add hard drives gradually?

    Also I was wondering if anyone had any information about the AH340, what happens if the OS goes kaput? How do you install an OS on a machine with no video card?

    You must copy the data across your LAN.  You cannot just "move the drives" because your new server will automatically format them when you add them to the storage pool.
    Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:48 AM
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    kariya21,

    I'm no MVP but couldn't the drives be added to the new machine as "backup drives" choosing to leave the file system intact? Then he could drag the files off the old drives into the new shares then add the drives to the pool after the data has been moved. All one would have to do is RMD into WHS, open Windows Explore and the Shared folder on the WHS desktop and drag the files around. This would be much faster then pushing them over the LAN. The only catch would be the drives would have to be installed after WHS is installed completely. Then it is just like adding a backup drive to the system. 

    I can't see how this wouldn't work. Am I missing something here?

    fasthair 
    Yes, that would also work.  However, A) that is unsupported (requires server desktop access) and B) it wouldn't be much (if any) faster because it still has to go through the network stack.
    Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:23 AM
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    I was able to find an answer to my second question in the manual http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/231284/Guide.pdf

    But I'm still unsure about the best way to migrate data
    Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:45 PM
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    Hi All, I'll keep this brief.
    I'm currently using a home built home server, it's big 'n' loud so I am looking at buying an Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N Home Server.

    I currently have about 1.5tb of data across 3HDD and I was wonder how would be the best way of moving the files to the new server? Would just moving the harddrives into the new box cause a problem, or should I just copy the data across the network, then add hard drives gradually?

    Also I was wondering if anyone had any information about the AH340, what happens if the OS goes kaput? How do you install an OS on a machine with no video card?

    You must copy the data across your LAN.  You cannot just "move the drives" because your new server will automatically format them when you add them to the storage pool.
    Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:48 AM
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    kariya21,

    I'm no MVP but couldn't the drives be added to the new machine as "backup drives" choosing to leave the file system intact? Then he could drag the files off the old drives into the new shares then add the drives to the pool after the data has been moved. All one would have to do is RMD into WHS, open Windows Explore and the Shared folder on the WHS desktop and drag the files around. This would be much faster then pushing them over the LAN. The only catch would be the drives would have to be installed after WHS is installed completely. Then it is just like adding a backup drive to the system. 

    I can't see how this wouldn't work. Am I missing something here?

    fasthair 
    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:27 PM
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    kariya21,

    I'm no MVP but couldn't the drives be added to the new machine as "backup drives" choosing to leave the file system intact? Then he could drag the files off the old drives into the new shares then add the drives to the pool after the data has been moved. All one would have to do is RMD into WHS, open Windows Explore and the Shared folder on the WHS desktop and drag the files around. This would be much faster then pushing them over the LAN. The only catch would be the drives would have to be installed after WHS is installed completely. Then it is just like adding a backup drive to the system. 

    I can't see how this wouldn't work. Am I missing something here?

    fasthair 
    Yes, that would also work.  However, A) that is unsupported (requires server desktop access) and B) it wouldn't be much (if any) faster because it still has to go through the network stack.
    Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:23 AM
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