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Hi guys, New here
So I've been using my DS1513+ long before the btfs became a thing. Only just realising.
The Filesystem. When I started my nas journey was ext3.
In my research, I learnt that the only way to change to the new Filesystem is by starting afresh. This is what I'm doing now...
How am I doing this?
So I'm only using 4 of the available 5 bays on the nas. I added a new drive into the 5th bay, created a new storage pool and volume (ext Filesystem) and currently backing up files onto that. (ofcourse this isnt big enough) so I'm also transferring my (10years worth) data unto external SSDs until I've transferred it all.
(this has also given me the chance to do a bit of data Cleaning and re-organisation on the NAS.)
Once this is done, what will the process be? Can I just reformat storage pool 1/volume1 into the new Filesystem?
Will doing this affect the drive in bay5 which contains backed up data and is on storage pool2 volume2. Will I need to remove this drive... And if I do, will the nas recognise it if I reinsert it back?
After all the backing up is complete, I'll have data spread across 1 hdd(in the nas) and 3 SSDs that I'll need to transfer back to the newly created Filesystem. Is there any glaring mistake I'm about to make?
Looking forward to suggestions
So I've been using my DS1513+ long before the btfs became a thing. Only just realising.
The Filesystem. When I started my nas journey was ext3.
In my research, I learnt that the only way to change to the new Filesystem is by starting afresh. This is what I'm doing now...
How am I doing this?
So I'm only using 4 of the available 5 bays on the nas. I added a new drive into the 5th bay, created a new storage pool and volume (ext Filesystem) and currently backing up files onto that. (ofcourse this isnt big enough) so I'm also transferring my (10years worth) data unto external SSDs until I've transferred it all.
(this has also given me the chance to do a bit of data Cleaning and re-organisation on the NAS.)
Once this is done, what will the process be? Can I just reformat storage pool 1/volume1 into the new Filesystem?
Will doing this affect the drive in bay5 which contains backed up data and is on storage pool2 volume2. Will I need to remove this drive... And if I do, will the nas recognise it if I reinsert it back?
After all the backing up is complete, I'll have data spread across 1 hdd(in the nas) and 3 SSDs that I'll need to transfer back to the newly created Filesystem. Is there any glaring mistake I'm about to make?
Looking forward to suggestions