On 3/2/20 2:19 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-03-02 03:28, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm currently running Buster on a 5 year old GigaByte motherboard with >> a 10-year old Raid-1 array on 2 500GB disks. Although it is running >> fine, I'm becoming a bit concerned about the longevity of this >> storage, so I'm planning to upgrade it to a 500GB or maybe 1TB SSD >> from Crucial. >> >> My plan would be to install the SSD in the cage, and dd the contents >> of the array onto the SSD. I would then change the BIOS to boot from >> the SSD, making the RAID array redundant. >> >> Can someone please tell me whether this plan is feasible, and what >> pitfalls I might encounter? >> >> Thanks, Tony > > I would suggest doing a fresh install onto a single, fast SSD, keeping > the system image and your home directory small, and leaving the bulk of > your data the 500 GB mirror. Backup, archive, and image religiously > (especially before you start on this adventure).
+1. Nothing like a fresh install. -- Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator, Dartmouth Mathematics math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas · https://useplaintext.email ·
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