Scott McCarthy
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- May 23, 2015
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- 13
First off, let me say that I run three dedicated FreeNAS servers on my own servers I built running ECC memory and AMD FX processors and these things FREAKIN ROCK! These devices are more stable and perform better than purchased dedicated NAS and SAN hardware we have bought in the past. FreeNAS is absolutely incredible!
I just have one question in preparing for a future potential problem. I used SATA drives on a few of the units and hooked the drives to the motherboard directly with SATA cables as directed by the docs. I have four drives in each unit and use high quality NAS drives.
When I built the boxes, I should have marked each drive and what SATA port it is connected to in the event I ever need to replace a bad or failed drive. Is there a way to identify each drive and what SATA port # it is connected to on the motherboard if I ever have a drive fail and need to replace it?
I am trying to be proactive and do DR planning and don't want to be in a panic if I have a drive failure. Is there anyway I can identify the drive and # of SATA port it's connected to in the event I have a RAID drive failure?
Thanks again and I LOVE FreeNAS!
I just have one question in preparing for a future potential problem. I used SATA drives on a few of the units and hooked the drives to the motherboard directly with SATA cables as directed by the docs. I have four drives in each unit and use high quality NAS drives.
When I built the boxes, I should have marked each drive and what SATA port it is connected to in the event I ever need to replace a bad or failed drive. Is there a way to identify each drive and what SATA port # it is connected to on the motherboard if I ever have a drive fail and need to replace it?
I am trying to be proactive and do DR planning and don't want to be in a panic if I have a drive failure. Is there anyway I can identify the drive and # of SATA port it's connected to in the event I have a RAID drive failure?
Thanks again and I LOVE FreeNAS!