kamhoe
Dabbler
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- Mar 30, 2016
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Hi there,
I have been using Plex in FreeNAS 9.3 for about a year now and I usually do the settings through the GUI and I am not good with coding/script.
My current hard drives are ZFS: Volume1 - 1x3TB & Volume2 - 4x5TB (RaidZ1)
I am going to remove the Volume1 - 1x3TB and add another 5TB and recreate a new single Volume together with the current 4x5TB as RaidZ1. I am planning to transfer out about 6TB media into some empty USB hard drives and transfer the data back after the new Volume is ready.
My questions are:
1. What is fastest method to transfer data between internal ZFS and external USB drive? Can I format external as ZFS and create a Volume name and transfer out and transfer in later?
2. My Plex jail is located in Volume1 - 1x3TB and I need to move the Plex database into new 5x5TB. I have a cron job that backup Plex database from time to time. Can I use the backup and restore it into new 5x5TB? Do I need to create a new Plex jail 1st before restore?
3. Since FreeNAS 10 is in beta version and I assume it will have a stable release version later. Should I update to 9.10 now or hold until 10?
Thank you and I appreciate all your comments and suggestions.
I have been using Plex in FreeNAS 9.3 for about a year now and I usually do the settings through the GUI and I am not good with coding/script.
My current hard drives are ZFS: Volume1 - 1x3TB & Volume2 - 4x5TB (RaidZ1)
I am going to remove the Volume1 - 1x3TB and add another 5TB and recreate a new single Volume together with the current 4x5TB as RaidZ1. I am planning to transfer out about 6TB media into some empty USB hard drives and transfer the data back after the new Volume is ready.
My questions are:
1. What is fastest method to transfer data between internal ZFS and external USB drive? Can I format external as ZFS and create a Volume name and transfer out and transfer in later?
2. My Plex jail is located in Volume1 - 1x3TB and I need to move the Plex database into new 5x5TB. I have a cron job that backup Plex database from time to time. Can I use the backup and restore it into new 5x5TB? Do I need to create a new Plex jail 1st before restore?
3. Since FreeNAS 10 is in beta version and I assume it will have a stable release version later. Should I update to 9.10 now or hold until 10?
Thank you and I appreciate all your comments and suggestions.