Rearrange a 720GB account

Bryan Alexis

• July 24, 2019 16:10

Hello, is my first time posting on Cpanel Forums. I have a dedicated server: Total processors: 24 Intel (R) Xeon (R) CPU E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz RAM: 64GB CLOUDLINUX 6.10 I have a 1TB hard drive (/home) in which there is an account that consumes approximately 720GB. And I want to rearrange it to the /home3 partition (10TB). My question is: 1. How long it will take to finish the rearrange process towards the new /home3 2. I have files inside that call "/home/folder/folder/file.file" for example. These files, will I have to change them manually to /home3? Or does rearrange change them automatically? Very thanks!

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  ronaldst

  • July 25, 2019 07:18

  1. 720GB may take a while depending on your hardware and disk setups. To make a valid estimate you would need to know how fast your server can move files from one disk to another. You could try copying a 10GB file from /home to /home3 and time it, then you will be able to do the math for 720GB. 2. All files and folders in the account you rearrange (/home/exampleuser/*) will be moved to /home3 (/home3/exampleuser/*) automatically.

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 25, 2019 14:54

  The answer provided by @ronaldst is correct here - please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns

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  Bryan Alexis

  • July 25, 2019 16:02

  Thanks guys. Then when going to the other hard drive, this account, domains and websites, will stop working in the rearrange process? About 2. I mean, if I have some files, within which there are some lines that call "/home/folder/folder/...", i guess rearrange won't change them internally to "/home3/folder/folder/..." true? Do I have to do this manually for each file?

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 25, 2019 16:44

  All rearranging does is change the /home/ location the file name and location in the tree stays the same you shouldn't need to modify anything. The only thing you may need to look into is if a script on the account relies on a hardcoded path. Typically you won't notice any downtime with this process but if the data to be moved is primarily in /home/public_html you may have some interruption in service. Rearrange an Account - Version 82 Documentation - cPanel Documentation

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  Bryan Alexis

  • July 25, 2019 22:29

  Thanks. Based on your exp, you recomend to rearrange an account with this size? 725GB?

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 26, 2019 15:39

  Hi @Bryan Alexis If you're running out of space where it's located now I don't see that you have many choices but to move it, especially if the account will be getting bigger. Where is the majority of the space for the account allocated?

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  Act Support

  • July 30, 2019 11:14

  Hi Bryan, All the selected accounts will be moved to the new folder like /home3. If any files/folders created/uploaded manually to /home like /home/folder1, they need to be moved manually. The read/write speed depends on the hard disk mechanism.

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  Bryan Alexis

  • July 30, 2019 15:08

  My provider, I do not recommend doing so, what I recommend is to migrate to another new server, with Centos 7, to speed up offline times, which one will be better?

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 30, 2019 16:01

  It's really difficult to tell you that definitively if the drive is larger and you're on CentOS 7, in the long run, moving to the new server may be better for you but without any other information, it's not possible to say more than that really.

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