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I have an existing Server with 8 x 2TB drives. I want to upgrade to larger drives (3's & 4's) so I setup a secondary server (had one kicking around) and installed 4 new (larger) drives, installed Drive Pool on server #2 and moved a ton of data from server #1 to server #2 - then I removed 2 drives from server #1.
So can I pull the two empty/removed drives in server #1 and put in 2 of the new/larger ones from server #2 (with the moved data) and integrate them back into the existing pool on server #1? Of will Drive Pool not recognize them? (forcing me to move the data INTO the initial pool instead?).
I'm guessing the Server folders on the drives from server#2 may not be recognized, but if I add them to the pool on server #1 - will it create a NEW set of Server Folders - and I can just move the files from one server pool folder set to the other?
Obviously it would be great not to have to move the data across drives again - but I was thinking worse case - I pull the 2 removed drives from server#1 - put 2 new BLANK drives in and move (copy) data back from server #2 - but obviously that will take a lot more time.
Thoughts? Thanks for your assistance...
ADDED NOTE: Some of the folders on Server #2 are duplicated and some aren't - so wondering how that will impact whatever the best process is to merge these drives (data) into the Server #1 Pool?