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I'm just about to add a TwinStore to my system (to replace the Ensemble) and I understand that I have to do a full back up from the Ensemble, switch it off, restart the Core and then restore to the TwinStore. Is that really the only way?
Yes, annoying isn't it! Store to Store transfer would be very handy.

Couple of future questions:-

If I have 3 storage devices (say a C15, a TwinStore and an Ensemble) which one will it save newly imported media to? I don't know, I'll do a test and find out. I'm guessing it's the one with the freest space or can you set a 'Primary'? Not currently, but I've heard that M are working on offering more advance controls.

If I have 2 storage devices (a C15 & a TwinStore) both full of music; can you backup each one separately? Or can you only just backup all the music in the system? If that is the case will it split backups across disks? Only by disabling C15 storage / powering down the TwinStore before starting the backup. You could use tags, but this would still entail the above in order to setup the tags (say C15, TwinStore) in the first instance.
Is the restore clever enough to only restore missing albums from the failed unit? , Both the restore and backup are differential, in that they only transfer the differences in order to synchronise. However, the whole Sooloos storage is view as a whole. Thus if both store operational if you take a full back and then switch of the TwinStore a restore would attempt to re-load the missing albums from the backup until the C15 was full.

I guess if that is the case a work around is to switch off all other storage units when doing a backup? This would enable you to backup just the active storage. However, it would not help with restore unless you had 2 backup areas one for C15 and one for TwinStore.