Want to exchance from Harddisk to SSD, how?

mikewarer · 24. September 2012

Hello,
I want to exchange my Systemdisk, a 2.5" harddisk, by replacing ist with a SSD. Now I wonder, if I can just install OMV on this SSD, upgrade it to the newest version and it will recognize automaticaly my raid5, the filesystem, the shared folders and user/groups, my datas on the raid?
I have read here, that it would be nearly impossible to backup the config-file like in NAS4FREE, but I hope it's not necessary to build my NAS again from scratch :(.
So my question to you all, what to do to bring back my settings/datas when I replace the disk.

Thanks
mikewarer

ryecoaaron · 24. September 2012

If you reinstall, it will recognize your raid5/data but you will have to resetup the shared folders and users. You could clone the old drive to the new ssd using dd/clonezilla/etc.

mikewarer · 24. September 2012

Ah yes, thats a really good idea to clone the drive with dd. I will try this - thanks

raulfg3 · 25. September 2012

If you are not familiar with "dd" to clone your actual boot Disk, you can use Acronis true Image, works fine for me, booting from Acronis CD.

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