Franks4fingers Posted December 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 18, 2018 Hi all I am looking to replace my N54L with a newer, more powerful unit. I don't have new drives to put in so I will be moving the 3 existing units into the new system. Is there a specific process to do this or is it as simple as copying Jun's loader from my current setup onto a spare USB stick, moving the HDD's into the new system and then booting the new hardware? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted December 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) Just move everything (HDDs and USB with loader) to the new hardware. Boot up, if it asks you to migrate, do so and you are good to go. Edited December 18, 2018 by abced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franks4fingers Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, abced said: Just move everything (HDDs and USB with loader) to the new hardware. Boot up, if it asks you to migrate, do so and you are good to go. Awesome, thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted December 18, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 18, 2018 Of course make sure that the new hardware is supported by the loader/version you are going to use. I would first make a test installation on some non-related HDD to test everything out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franks4fingers Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted December 18, 2018 Good idea, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie_frown Posted December 26, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) is it necessary that both boxes are running the same S/W version? Asking because i'm planning on migrating from my official Synology (DS212j, DSM 6.2.1-23824 Update 2) to a new custom Xpenology box already tested and running well (Loader v1.02b, DS3615xs, DSM 6.1.4-15217 Update 1). The official synology procedure mentions that both boxes should be running the same SW version. Thanks in advance for the help. ** forgot to mention that i'm running the original volume (2 x WD RED 2 TB) as JBOD (yes i know i should have some redundancy but i can't afford bigger drives at the moment) Edited December 26, 2018 by Ronnie_frown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olegin Posted December 26, 2018 Share #7 Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) @Ronnie_frown What hw is in your new custom Xpenology? Why you don't try to start it with 1.04b loader on 6.2.1? Edited December 26, 2018 by Olegin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie_frown Posted December 27, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) @Olegin i dusted an old HP DX2400 from the basement to test Xpenology before I go forward with building a new box, it’s got an intel e7600 and 4 gb of ram, have to say xpenology ran nicely before it crashed yesterday. What happened is that I followed what a member of the community did with his and moved the HDDs from the DS212j and aligned the HDDs to the SATA ports as they were in the DS212j. Booted, the volume was recognised, required a quick fix but it was A OK. Installed Plex media server and added my libraries and streamed music from the box for more than three hours without a hiccup. Then I tried to stream a movie (direct stream with no transcoding) it started stuttering saying that my server is too slow, so I rebooted the routers, switches and the Xpenology box, then boom ... the new volume totally crashed and I couldn’t bring it back. Moved the drives back to the DS212j and i’m Back to point zero. not sure what went wrong there, any insights? I’m going to try your suggestion with a fresh install on the test box from scratch but i’m Not sure the volume is going to hold afterwards, a bit of a hassle if it doesn’t 😕 Edited December 27, 2018 by Ronnie_frown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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