Philebos Posted July 10, 2023 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2023 Hi, I started my Xpenology journey with an old PC. It has been running smoothly for roughly two months now. However, the hardware is pretty power inefficient (70 Watts on average) and I want to switch to a more efficient built. I have the new system ready, but I am not sure how to best migrate the HDDs without compromising my working and well configured DSM. Has anyone experience with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_nsk Posted July 11, 2023 Share #2 Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) which bootloader are you using? what is the DSM model and version? what old and new hardware? In the simplest cases, it will be enough to install the disks, build a bootloader on a new hardware and run Edited July 11, 2023 by dj_nsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Suh Posted July 11, 2023 Share #3 Posted July 11, 2023 Simply, DSM does not change in the process of replacing MOBO or CPU. Migration is not considered unless there is a change in the RAID configuration of the disk or the SATA / SAS controller. I've only replaced the MOBO and CPU/RAM several times. It doesn't seem like there's much to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philebos Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted July 11, 2023 Bootloader: Automated Redpill Loader with DSM 7.1. old Hardware: Dell 0GY6Y8 Motherboard with Intel Xeon E3-1220L V2 new Hardware: Gigabyte B560M DS3H V2 with Intel Core i5-11600T I made a full Backup of DSM and will try switching to the new System now. I will report back the results 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_nsk Posted July 11, 2023 Share #5 Posted July 11, 2023 В 7/10/2023 в 11:23 AM, Philebos сказал: However, the hardware is pretty power inefficient (70 Watts on average) and I want to switch to a more efficient built. 1 час назад, Philebos сказал: new Hardware: Gigabyte B560M DS3H V2 with Intel Core i5-11600T I'm not sure that your new hardware will reduce power consumption much less than 70W. For example: CPU - 35W + 4xHDDx5W = 55W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philebos Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted July 11, 2023 so, I successfully migrated to the new System. Everything went surprisingly quick and smoothly. Everything immediately continued working like it did before. What I did: 1. Transfer HDDs to new system in same order (Sata 0 --> Sata 0; Sata 1 --> Sata 1 etc.) (not sure if this is necessary but that's what I did) 2. Build new bootloader on new system 3. Boot system from new loader 4. Connect to DSM from Browser and click "restore" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_nsk Posted July 12, 2023 Share #7 Posted July 12, 2023 12 часов назад, Philebos сказал: 1. Transfer HDDs to new system in same order (Sata 0 --> Sata 0; Sata 1 --> Sata 1 etc.) (not sure if this is necessary but that's what I did) this isn't necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToanVQ Posted August 4, 2023 Share #8 Posted August 4, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 8:02 PM, dj_nsk said: I'm not sure that your new hardware will reduce power consumption much less than 70W. For example: CPU - 35W + 4xHDDx5W = 55W HDDs will take about 5-9W per hdd, but cpu (+mainboard+ram) will take only 20w when idling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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