itsryan
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Long story short my boot usb died. I did not mirror it so now I need a new boot drive.
I don't use a hba card I have 6 sata ports on my motherboard all used by my zpool drives. I don't want to get another USB and have it last 16 months and have to do this all over again so I'm looking to upgrade to a ssd. Here is my plan.
Buy new ssd Samsung 860 with 120gb is on sale so I think that. I will also get a USB to sata cable
StarTech.com SATA to USB Cable - USB 3.0 to 2.5” SATA III Hard Drive Adapter - External Converter for SSD/HDD Data Transfer (USB3S2SAT3CB) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IrkOCbQPMQ07H as a example.
The question is this a good idea and will this work?
EDIT:
So far I got the new ssd and have a usb to sata cable connected to where my old usb stick was and the reinstall and the reload config went well. no problems yet.
I don't use a hba card I have 6 sata ports on my motherboard all used by my zpool drives. I don't want to get another USB and have it last 16 months and have to do this all over again so I'm looking to upgrade to a ssd. Here is my plan.
Buy new ssd Samsung 860 with 120gb is on sale so I think that. I will also get a USB to sata cable
StarTech.com SATA to USB Cable - USB 3.0 to 2.5” SATA III Hard Drive Adapter - External Converter for SSD/HDD Data Transfer (USB3S2SAT3CB) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IrkOCbQPMQ07H as a example.
The question is this a good idea and will this work?
EDIT:
So far I got the new ssd and have a usb to sata cable connected to where my old usb stick was and the reinstall and the reload config went well. no problems yet.
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