[SOLVED] 12 TB disk finally arrived, I used clonezilla. Using advanced settings and -k1 (everything else left as default) made exact disk with more storage. I just replaced disks, powered on and everything is up and running! Ty all ❤️

Hello selfhosters,

I’m running home server DIY PC with *arr stack in docker containers and its working surprisingly well. The problem I have is not enough storage for my needs so I ordered a new HDD.

At the moment I have OS (Debian) and some (config) volumes on one SSD while media library is on another SSD. I’d like to move only media library from old to a new HDD and stop using the old one.

What is the best way to move all files (including hard links?) to a new drive? Can I just copy files with same folder structure and then modify my docker-compose.yaml to point to a new HDD? Is backup and restore of *arr apps necessary? Is there any way to grab all torrent files from qbittorrent (or another way of backup?

Folder structure I have now:

System SSD:

  • SSD1/config/sonarr
  • SSD1/config/radarr
  • SSD1/config/qbittorrent

Data SSD:

  • SSD2/data/media/tv
  • SSD2/data/media/movies
  • SSD2/data/torrent/tv
  • SSD2/data/torrent/movies

THX!

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    The disks will have a different UUID, so will be seen as different devices. I can’t remember what you need to do, but I’m pretty sure that the *arrs have a guide for transferring to a new disk without the files being detected as new.

    • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      The containers (docker etc) don’t have access to the uuid, they just see the mounted folder.

      The “dates “ on the files however may change. Cloning the drive is recommended

      • rambos@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I would like to stick with recommended solution and I don’t mind if dates of the files change. It would be nice if you have any source I can follow.

    • rambos@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I found a post how to move root folder, but I’m afraid it will not move hardlinks for qbittorrent.

  • Pacmanlives@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Method I use is a RAID 5 replace all my disks with larger ones. Grow RAID, LVM and then XFS. Went from 4TB drives to 8TB, and now 24TB drives using this method for the past about decade now

    • rambos@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Setting up a RAID is something I want to do in the future, but need more drives for that. Maybe next Xmass 🙃