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10-23-2023 10:37 AM
I am thinking of upgrading the Z800 to a Z840 , but the question is , can i switch the hard drives from one to another. I do have raid setup on 2 of the drives , can i swap them over and keep the info on them , or would i loose all the data on those drives? Any help would be appreciated .
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Rick
10-23-2023 10:24 PM
yes you can move the drives, the LSI controller chips on each system are compatible however this must be done correctly
on the z800 enter the LSI BIOS section and note the raid mode (0/1/5)
on the current system (z800) note which SAS cable on each drive in the hotswap bays goes to which LSI SAS port on the motherboard and duplicate it on the z840 (it's best to move the drives one by one)
start the new system enter the LSI Bios and it should detect the existing array and offer to import the array settings
if auto detect fails, recreate/recover the array in the LSI Bios by selecting each drive and the raid type (0/1/5) DO NOT INITIALIZE/Format DRIVES!!!! just save the settings