Quote Originally Posted by SophInfra
--Since we can't do RAID on the OS drive our plan is to keep a spare drive with just the open-e software installed in a safe and restore the configuration to it in the event of an OS drive failure. However, I the drive in the safe will eventually be out of date as far as DSS versions go so that's why I was asking. So it sounds like we can restore an older config to a newer version, correct?
-None of the DSS versions allow you to use the boot media in the storage array.
-should the boot media fail, it is far faster and easier to use a boot cd, or bootable USB thumb drive to get you back up and running, while you figure out your problems.
-Yes, older configs can be restored to newer versions of DSS, in the same box. This is normal, and is done for example, when users upgrade from version5 to version6.