Hi. My server has been running FreeNAS for ~3 years now without any significant problems and I'd be a happy camper if it weren't for the lack of free space (my two pools are at over 95% capacity - which is, as I know, not recommended at all). The server as it is now: motherboard: Supermicro...

These are some interesting YouTube videos that explain a good bit about SAS (and other things) in an easy to consume format: Dell H310 mini card with LSI IT mode firmware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Xi5NZRlXM&feature=youtu.be How to fix: "Invalid PCIe card found in the Internal Storage...

I am creating this resource for myself and others that have systems with SAS backplanes that their drives are attached to. @danb35 has created a script for monitoring drives that fault and automatically turning on the locate LED, but some people, like me, might not want a script running and...

Hello, I have the following setup, Dell T30 server transplanted in a Fractal Define R6 case ESXi 6.7 installed on a flash drive. FreeNAS (FreeBSD 11.1) running in ESXi x8 WD 8TB red drives connected via an LSI 9211-8i (8 port) HBA raid controller in IT mode. I already have an existing...

I got a great deal on a 16 bay 3u chassis with a backplane, but it turns out to be an sas expander. Will freenas be ok running 16 drives off one connector on the M1015 card (it mode flashed) Chassis: Chenbro RM31616R

Hi, I have a running system with AsRock C2750D4i.. I'm currently running 9 disks in a raidz1 configuration. My media pool is almost full and I want to expand and also want to move data to a little more secure ( 12 disks in a raidz2 ) pool. I had a SAS card sitting ready ( LSI 9211-8i ), I...

As my server is currently configured I can use 8 hard drives in my server. This is what the IBM ServeRAID M1015 HBA supports by itself when flashed to IT mode. Last week I had a glimmer of hope that using a SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) Cable to connect four SATA ports on my...

Long story short: FreeNAS only sees 1 of 12 data drives while POST & some other OS'es see all 12. Per forum rules, here's the hardware I have available to work with: Server: HP DL380e G8 (12 LFF) w/ SAS Expander Backplane, CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2440 2.4GHZ 6 core 15MB x2 RAM: 32GB DDR3 ECC...