Server Assistant - Migrating from old to new

Newbie question:
If I have an XServe with an XRAID, and I setup a new Mac Pro with another RAID (looking at Promise), can I use the Server Assistant to migrate everything?
In other words, does it work like the Migration Assistant and once it's done, I turn off the old, turn on the new and as far as the end user is concerned, everything works as it did before? I would assume that if there is more than one volume, it would ask me to verify where I am copying it to and calculate the sizes on the new volume to ensure it would fit. Haven't seen it work in practice, so I am asking for anyone who has, or who can direct me to screenshots in another manual.
I've been reading the Upgradingand_Migratingv10.6.pdf document and they use the words "volume" and "data", but I am really hoping this means stuff that is connected externally, like the XRAID, and managed by the OS X Server.
Also, they have FireWire drives. Could those just be unplugged and plugged into this newly migrated server without reconfiguration as they will be found and used as they are now Time Machine backups.
Thanks for any insight.

If you have Firewire 800 on both machines, that might be the easiest way to go. Then you can use Setup Assistant as soon as you first start up the new Mac. It will tell you to hook up the cables to your old Mac, put it in Target Disk mode and away you go. If you have 400 on one and 800 on the other, just use a FW 400 to FW 800 converter cable.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963
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Am 16.01.2014 um 17:49 schrieb Barbara B. <[email protected]>:
Re: Error 150:30 at start after miragtion from old to new macbook
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