Windows Spaces System Upgrade Migration

[Tim Stiv]

Hey, would love some help with this. 
 

My Plex server is continuously failing on me. My windows spaces Parity drive array disappears randomly. The system is starting to get old and I would like to start fresh but move my windows spaces drive across to my new system. Is this possible without copying the data? just physically moving the drives? *roughly 30TB*

 

running windows 10

CPU i5 6500

boot drive is and old 60GB Kingston SSD

8 x 4TB WD REDs

2 x connected via a PCie to Sata card. 
 

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks legends. 

 

[SpookyCitrus]

No, you will either need to clone the Windows over from your old computer to the new one. Or you'll have to reset storage spaces back up.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Yup you can just move the drives to the new system, and the virtual drives will show up.

 

35 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

No, you will either need to clone the Windows over from your old computer to the new one. Or you'll have to reset storage spaces back up.

The storage spaces config is stored on the drives, so windows will auto detect the existing config.

[SpookyCitrus]

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yup you can just move the drives to the new system, and the virtual drives will show up.

 

The storage spaces config is stored on the drives, so windows will auto detect the existing config.

Really, I could of sworn the storage spaces config was setup through Windows. I've only used it once or twice so, now I know.

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Really, I could of sworn the storage spaces config was setup through Windows. I've only used it once or twice so, now I know.

Its setup through windows, but like almost all other software raid the config is stored on the drives, so they can be moved between systems easily.

[Bdavis]

I wouldn't trust windows with my data. Build a proper NAS with unraid or trueNAS.

[LIGISTX]

19 hours ago, Tim Stiv said:

Hey, would love some help with this. 
 

My Plex server is continuously failing on me. My windows spaces Parity drive array disappears randomly. The system is starting to get old and I would like to start fresh but move my windows spaces drive across to my new system. Is this possible without copying the data? just physically moving the drives? *roughly 30TB*

 

running windows 10

CPU i5 6500

boot drive is and old 60GB Kingston SSD

8 x 4TB WD REDs

2 x connected via a PCie to Sata card. 
 

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks legends. 

 

A better question is… what keeps failing with Plex? Probably need to sort that out first regardless of moving to a new host or not.