breacH Posted June 4, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2015 Hello! Im not that new here, since i read a lot of topics about xpenology etc. But i finally register! I have myself a synology DS1513+ and a xpenology (running on ESXI). The DS1513+ is running 5x3 TB WD AV-GP in RAID 5 and the ESXI is powered by an i7 2600 and is now hosting at the moment 3x1 TB WD Green and another 3TB WD Green. Everything is running well, but i have some projects.. I am planning on moving everything on the Xpenology since i have the room for all the drives in my xpenology. I already know that it is possible to migrate between Synology and Xpenology since the DSM version are the same (actually they are). But the thing is that i want to keep my Xpenology system drive on the SSD (where ESXI is installed and also its datastore). Then i can make snapshots and backup of the system in case of crash. Here are my questions (and they are a lot sorry): What will happen if i just plug my drives from the 1513+ in xpenology then boot the xpenology? Will it recognize the RAID 5 and just show the data partition? Will my old Synology system will be seen? Or maybe it will try to boot on the old Synology system? How Synology manage the system partition in the RAID 5 array i have now (in the DS1513+)? That's a lot of questions i know.. My main goal is to have a clean install with Xpenology system hosted on the SSD and only the datas on the RAID 5 array. I hope it is not too much for a first post hahaha! Thanks forward for the answers, and have a nice day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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