Newbie here. Thinking of migrating from Server 2012 R2 Essentials

[Bigsease30]

Hello all. I am thinking of joining the Amahi club and ditching my Server 2012 R2 Essentials setup due to all the problem that I have been having lately. I do have a few questions before I take the plunge.

I am not to familiar with the linux side of things but I should be able to follow the instructions on the wiki easy enough. I am currently using a LSI LSI00244 (9201-16i) PCI-Express 2.0 x8 for my data drives. Is this card supported under Amahi? I have searched the forum and the internet but I have not been able to find any info on this. I currently have the following drives setup.

Attached to a sata port on the motherboard.
500GB SSD / OS drive
1TB / PC Backups
1TB / Mac Backups

Attached using the LSI card running under Stablebit Drivepool.
4TB x2
2TB x8

Another question is what is the safest and easiest method for adding my drives to the new setup without losing data? I will be using greyhole as I have had 100% success using stablebit drivepool. In the past I was a fan of raid but I have had horrible luck and have lost all my data before so I am not willing to go that route again.

I am sure that I will have many more questions in the future. If you need me to provide anymore info to get answers to the questions above please let me know and I will provide the answers asap. Thank you in advance...

[bigfoot65]

Is this card supported under Amahi?

It's not Amahi that controls what hardware is or is not supported but the OS, Fedora. You will have to check their site. You might want to follow the Amahi 7 Full DVD option to ensure compatibility with your hardware. If you want to try the Express CD, you will need to follow the guidance at the Amahi Docs site.

Another question is what is the safest and easiest method for adding my drives to the new setup without losing data?

Follow the adding a second hard drive to your HDA guidance. Recommend you do one drive at a time and there should be no issues.