Migrating to TrueNAS

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Hi all

Very new to TrueNAS, and anything to do with Linux in general. Have jumped on the deep end! :grin:

I’m migrating from Windows to TrueNAS. I installed TrueNAS on a Proxmox VM. I’ve got 4x 16tb drives, 1 of which is full with my folders/ files etc from Windows, and I’ve also got another smaller drive that has the rest. The smaller drive won’t be used in TrueNAS.

I’m looking to do a raid 10 style set up in TrueNAS. I’ve already got 2 of the 16tb drives set up in a mirror and have created a pool. Haven’t created a share yet, but it’ll be SMB when I get to that.

My question is what is my best way of copying/ moving my data across to the share/pool? I’m hopeful to not copy across the network, but if I have to…

Suggestions please.

Chris

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Copying files across the network is the way.

If you are running TrueNAS as a VM, it needs to be done as ‘production’ or you can lose your data. It means passing a HBA with the drives through and blacklisting the devices from Proxmox so it won’t be corrupted for TrueNAS.

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I strongly advise against a virtualized instance as your one and only Truenas installation.

Especially if you are new to linux/truenas/proxmox. There is too much bad advise and AI hallucinations out there.

I would always seperate your homelab from your primary NAS and have a complete backup of your important data ready.

Its easy to lose data. ZFS is a big boy filesystem. It lets you destroy your pool without even asking for a confirmation.

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Thanks for that. I have the drives passed through to the VM already but they’re not on a standalone controller, they’re just off the motherboard. That’s fine. I’ll pick up a card.

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Noted, thank you.