On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > I have a Fedora Server running F40 on an old Proliant G5 with hardware > RAID1. The machine is giving too much trouble so I would like to > migrate to newer hardware with a single SSD. Both machines are x86_64. > Legacy filesystems may not be the best option for an SSD -- a fresh install using btrfs may be beneficial. > I've been researching methods to perform the migration, but I am not > clear on the strategy. Some folks say provide a method and say it > works, other folks say it does not work. I think I have hit > diminishing returns on reading from the web. > > I am planning on using Clonezilla to clone the image to a portable > drive, and then restore the image from the portable drive to the new > machine. I've had success with Clonezilla in the past, but I restored > to the same machine. > > Does anyone have experience with a migration like this? If so, can you > provide feedback? > Without understanding key issues: 1) How expensive is downtime when you have to replace the SSD and restore backups? 2) How complex is the software configuration? Does it rely on older versions and/or lots of 3rd party packages making configuration a lengthy task? 3) Is the data mostly static or is there lots of churn? -- George N. White III
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