[Migrating 40 TB ext4 file]

Ok.. in progress now.. will post if there's any problem.. thanks for the input guys!

[Migrating 40 TB ext4 file]

Sorry for the super late reply!

What i mean is manually copying the data to an empty drive which is formatted to NTFS first...

And since i want to minimize server downtime,

I was just wondering if it's safe to do the process in ubuntu because ubuntu also reads NTFS..

Is it same NTFS as windows' NTFS?

[Migrating 40 TB ext4 file]

As long as the drives are formatted as NTFS when they're on the Windows system, StableBit DrivePool should have no issues reading the drives.

 

You should be able to add them to the pool at that point. 

 

However, the data won't be pooled right away. You'll need to move the data over.

http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q4142489

 

Thanks! Is a backup really necessary? 

I dont have enough storage to backup all of them

[Migrating 40 TB ext4 file]

I have ubuntu server and i plan to install windows server 2012 on separate ssd using the same motherboard

Whats the fastest way to do this if i want to minimize downtime?

I plan to convert them all to NTFS first because ubuntu can still read NTFS..

Can drivepool read the result after that?