I've been using a HP dc7600 motherboard in a generic case as my "server" for a while now. It's an older motherboard, but has been good since I've been using it. I've upgraded most of my other PC's over the past couple of years and am thinking that it's probably time to look at upgrading my server. I've put it off because it has been working good and it also seems like it's going to be a bit of a chore to do. But I'd rather be a bit proactive and get something newer set up on my own schedule instead of being with out a server (and all my files, etc) for a couple of weeks while I get parts, build a new machine, configure the OS, etc. I'm at a point now where I think that I've got most of the parts that I'd need, so I'd like to look into this a bit further.
I have no problems building the new PC and installing the WHS 2011 OS. But how complicated will it be to switch my 3 2TB drives over to the new machine?? Will I be able to just connect the drives to the server and then set up the "videos", "pictures", "documents", etc folders as shared folders?? I'm almost thinking that I'll need an extra drive to connect to the server and then one by one copy the data from each of the 3 existing HD's over. Hopefully I'm overthinking this and it's just as simple as connecting the drives and sharing the folders.
Thanks in advance.
I have no problems building the new PC and installing the WHS 2011 OS. But how complicated will it be to switch my 3 2TB drives over to the new machine?? Will I be able to just connect the drives to the server and then set up the "videos", "pictures", "documents", etc folders as shared folders?? I'm almost thinking that I'll need an extra drive to connect to the server and then one by one copy the data from each of the 3 existing HD's over. Hopefully I'm overthinking this and it's just as simple as connecting the drives and sharing the folders.
Thanks in advance.