Migration.

[GreekLes]

Hi All,

Getting into this big time now & am running out of storage space  Currently have 2 x 2tB HDD's, one being the base version of the media files held within the other so that I have a complete backup in the event of failure.
Now thinking of having a newer PC (refurb. i5 SFF, cheap to buy, cheap to run) with 2 x 2tB ssd's (cheap to run) with the idea of having, initially, a system that I can leave running 24/7.
My current thinking is to split my existing JF setup to have film collections, films, kiddies, musicals, music videos, stored on one ssd, with TV stored on the second ssd.   Having 2 x 2tB ssd's will allow me to use the existing 2 HDD's as the base backup in another PC.    As I'm splitting the existing folders I can't just clone the HDD's so will need to migrate them to the new PC.

Question.   I've read this guide https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/discussions/6924  which gives an insight to editing the db files to change locations for JF without having to redo everything, but are there any likely pitfalls/problems/suggestions from anyone whose already done something similar?

Thanks in advance.
Merry Christmas in advance too!!!

[tmsrxzar]

if storage is the only consideration then why not spend that money on a seagate external 16TB and wait for a new server until it's needed? by the time it's needed you might be able to get a better one than you're looking at now for the same price

[GreekLes]

Not so simple, price of electric here is getting silly & my current server is an old AMD AM3 quad-core that max's at 120watts.
Forgot to add that, due to location, I'm thinking that sometime next year I could get a couple of solar panels, a cheapie sinewave inverter & I can "acquire" several 300a/h batteries, make the whole setup very cheap to run after the initial spend.

[TheDreadPirate]

To answer your initial question, if you move files around Jellyfin SHOULD still maintain watch history when it identifies the movie/show in the new location. I've migrated some files around when I added a new HDD and the watch history followed.

Pro-tip, do the migration with the Jellyfin service STOPPED. Migrate your files. Start Jellyfin.