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| From | basti <basti@unix-solution.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD |
| Date | 2020-03-02 17:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <zFW79-4vf-25@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <zFRqN-1An-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <zFVkK-3Y9-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 02.03.20 16:39, Dan Ritter wrote: > 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? >> > > I would recommend: > > - install SSD > - partition SSD, aligning partitions with new block sizes > - create filesystems in SSD partitions > - copy over filesystems with rsync > - make changes to new /etc/fstab > - make changes to bootloader to set new root filesystem > - shut down machine > - disconnect old disks > - start machine, make BIOS changes if necessary > - boot > - test for functionality > > file-level copying is better than block-level copying when going > between drives of different technologies. > > -dsr- > Why you do not simply prepare the SSD (partition/align) and after that add the SSD as 3rd drive to the raid? When all is synced you can kick off the HDD's or that them to "Write mostly".
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Advice on upgrading to SSD Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2020-03-02 12:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-03-02 14:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2020-03-04 15:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD grumpy@mailfence.com - 2020-03-04 16:10 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-03-04 17:10 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-03-04 19:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-03-04 18:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-03-04 19:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 20:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD "007@caiway.net" <007@caiway.net> - 2020-03-05 06:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Klaus Singvogel <deb-user-ml@singvogel.net> - 2020-03-05 08:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-03-05 18:20 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-03-05 18:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Klaus Singvogel <klaus@singvogel.net> - 2020-03-05 19:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-03-05 00:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-03-05 01:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-03-05 04:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-03-05 04:40 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-03-05 09:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-03-05 16:20 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-03-05 20:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-03-06 00:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-03-05 00:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-03-05 03:40 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-03-02 16:40 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD basti <basti@unix-solution.de> - 2020-03-02 17:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-02 20:00 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-03-03 09:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-03-02 19:20 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-03-02 20:40 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-03-02 20:20 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas@math.dartmouth.edu> - 2020-03-02 20:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-03-02 20:30 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-02 22:10 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-03-03 01:50 +0100
Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD Geoff <unit735@bigpond.com> - 2020-03-03 10:20 +0100
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