Hi all. I am getting ready to build my first NAS, I plan on using my old gaming PC for it, it has multiple hard drive bays, i5 processor, 16gb ddr3 ram and a GTX 970 video card.

Currently I have a 14tb external harddrive that’s almost full, and I just bought 2 used WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14tb hardrives. My plan is to setup both hard drives as a raid 1, and transfer all my data from my external harddrive over to my hdd’s and use a 250gb SSD for TrueNAS. Then probably re use my external hardrive for more linux isos since I’m impatient, until I can grab another 2 HDD’s

I’m mostly anxious about somehow losing all my data when I make this transition since I have zero experience when it comes to running a NAS, is there anything I need to be on the lookout for, or do when I do this? Anything is appreciated! Many thanks

  • GolemancerVekkBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not understanding how you will set up the vdev without losing data.

    I’m confused, I haven’t used TrueNAS before, can it only work with one pool at a time or what? Why would it lose data?

    Can’t OP connect the two new drives as a separate RAIDz1 pool, copy the data, then wipe the original drive/pool?