sokerstrom
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I have recently received a SuperMicro server that has a 24-bay hot swappable SATA configuration. Unfortunately, it has a pair of Adaptec ASR-71605 or ASR-72405 RAID controllers which I have discovered are not likely going to work with TrueNAS. The configuration documentation says one model in one place and the other in another so I haven't verified which they are yet as it sounds like either are bad for what I want to use the server for.
So, does anyone have any insight as to what a good replacement would be that would work with this server and backplane?
The 2nd question is a setup question once I have hardware that will work with TrueNAS. I currently have another SuperMicro server which is a few years older that I have UnRAID on. It is also a 24-bay hot swap config but I am finding performance is lacking... mostly as I have likely outgrown it. I currently have it filled with 14TB hard drives (except a 5-6 I haven't replaced yet) in a 264TB array.
My plan is to migrate to TrueNAS on this other server and am wondering (besides the hardware issues above), what will be the best way to do this without having to purchase new hard drives. I have a couple of ideas how I can migrate data and drives one-by-one but am curious what others may recommend (and whether they can verify if my idea would work).
I have enough other smaller drives (mostly 2TB or smaller) that I am wondering if I could built the TrueNAS array with and replace one by one as I migrate data. There was something I read that kind of promoted this idea but, knowing how RAID usually works, I question if that would work?
Anyone have any better ideas? Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Shawn
So, does anyone have any insight as to what a good replacement would be that would work with this server and backplane?
The 2nd question is a setup question once I have hardware that will work with TrueNAS. I currently have another SuperMicro server which is a few years older that I have UnRAID on. It is also a 24-bay hot swap config but I am finding performance is lacking... mostly as I have likely outgrown it. I currently have it filled with 14TB hard drives (except a 5-6 I haven't replaced yet) in a 264TB array.
My plan is to migrate to TrueNAS on this other server and am wondering (besides the hardware issues above), what will be the best way to do this without having to purchase new hard drives. I have a couple of ideas how I can migrate data and drives one-by-one but am curious what others may recommend (and whether they can verify if my idea would work).
I have enough other smaller drives (mostly 2TB or smaller) that I am wondering if I could built the TrueNAS array with and replace one by one as I migrate data. There was something I read that kind of promoted this idea but, knowing how RAID usually works, I question if that would work?
Anyone have any better ideas? Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Shawn