I have an HP Microserver (N36L) on which I have been successfully running OMV on a 4Gb USB memory stick internally for the last 6 months. This is alongside a Qnap server. The Qnap has now gone End Of Life and i am looking to replace 100% with the Microserver.
So - For a while now i have been thinking about installing the OS on a proper HD rather than the Memory stick, since i believe that OMV isn't designed for a minimal number of read/writes such as Flexraid is. Anyhow, i'd also like to upgrade this installation to 0.3x at the same time (currently running 0.2.7.4 lx).
So i was just hoping that someone may be able to confirm one or two things please..??
Is it possible for me to create a new install of OMV on a new "boot" drive, leave all the contents of the RAID drives (currently set to Raid 5) untouched, and then add these drives as an array in the manager, or do i need to copy all off and start afresh with these also
Therefore Can i carry out an upgrade at the same time if the above is doable??
I'm using the following plugins:
CUPS
MiniDLNA
Forked DAAPD (Not essential)
NUT
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
Thx
Paul