Lansing123
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Hey guys, I'm currently running a setup of 3x8TB disks that are unraided for PLEX, and some other services with TrueNAS. I'm planing on getting 5 more 8TB disks and I'm borrowing a 16TB disk to transfer most of my stuff from my current system. I cant bring everything but i can redownload alot of stuff. I will be making a RAIDZ2 with the 8x8TB disks i have in the system after.
My question is, will an external drive handle 16TB? Will it get too warm, should i cool it somehow? Also since my MOBO only has 8 SATA ports i will need to transfer the 16TB of data with USB3, which i get will take a while. Is it better to sacrifice the extra disk to transfer everything internally and wait for the RAIDZ expansion that is suppose to come in the future?
Also what would be the safest way to transfer the data? Do i clone the entire disk or copy over files with copy or some other program?
Best regards!
My question is, will an external drive handle 16TB? Will it get too warm, should i cool it somehow? Also since my MOBO only has 8 SATA ports i will need to transfer the 16TB of data with USB3, which i get will take a while. Is it better to sacrifice the extra disk to transfer everything internally and wait for the RAIDZ expansion that is suppose to come in the future?
Also what would be the safest way to transfer the data? Do i clone the entire disk or copy over files with copy or some other program?
Best regards!