MrHands
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- Jan 7, 2016
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i have reviewed the hardware recommendations for truenas and it doesnt really mention any requirements for SAS expanders.
Can i throw in any SAS expander? or are there certain requirements such as there are with some NICs that do work, and some that dont.?
I actually have an old Dell H200 Perc 6gb 8-Port raid controller 9210 9211-8i in my old parts box, im hoping this will work to save me some money?
Right now i have 8 HDDs in my pool (that have filled up all my motherboard SATA ports), i have some spare SSDs i wanted to throw in for a second pool as well as another SSD to move Truenas off my old USB and onto an SSD.
Im assuming maybe the older Dell H200 (if it works) may not be suited to SSDs? but i could just move some of my HDDs to the H200, and connect the 3 SSDs to the motherboard SATA.
Lastly, i cant seem to find an answer to this question. Looking on amazon i can only find Mini-SAS to 8x Sata cables. Is mini-SAS the right connector for the internal SAS expander card?
Sorry if this is all very elementary, or if i have missed some guide that details all of this. I have been searching for a few hours and cant find out for definite.
Thank you!
Can i throw in any SAS expander? or are there certain requirements such as there are with some NICs that do work, and some that dont.?
I actually have an old Dell H200 Perc 6gb 8-Port raid controller 9210 9211-8i in my old parts box, im hoping this will work to save me some money?
Right now i have 8 HDDs in my pool (that have filled up all my motherboard SATA ports), i have some spare SSDs i wanted to throw in for a second pool as well as another SSD to move Truenas off my old USB and onto an SSD.
Im assuming maybe the older Dell H200 (if it works) may not be suited to SSDs? but i could just move some of my HDDs to the H200, and connect the 3 SSDs to the motherboard SATA.
Lastly, i cant seem to find an answer to this question. Looking on amazon i can only find Mini-SAS to 8x Sata cables. Is mini-SAS the right connector for the internal SAS expander card?
Sorry if this is all very elementary, or if i have missed some guide that details all of this. I have been searching for a few hours and cant find out for definite.
Thank you!