I would prefer to use my existing hardware, I am sort of limited by space. Is there a raid controller and software that you would recommend?You probably would be happier with something like this, attached to your Windows desktop:
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Please describe your existing hardware. I believe we've requested this several times already.
It's in post 14. The total hardware package I have is an Asus Prime b550m-a ac mobo, a ryzen 5600g, and 32 gb of Tforce ram. Three 4tb iron wolf hdds.
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Sorry jgreco, which hba would you recommend for my use case?None. See
What's all the noise about HBAs, and why can't I use a RAID controller?
1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with, a server. RAID controllers typically aggregate several disks into a Virtual Disk abstraction of some sort...
@datrat has posited a use case where TrueNAS is no longer in the picture - the system needs to be usable from the console itself interactively under Windows due to the software for scanning and FireWire import, so the redundancy might have to be in a hardware RAID card here.None. See
What's all the noise about HBAs, and why can't I use a RAID controller?
1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with, a server. RAID controllers typically aggregate several disks into a Virtual Disk abstraction of some sort...
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Thanks Samuel, I think I will purchase a lsi card. I'm sorry that this has sort of steered away from TrueNAS topics, but I am a noob and sort of doing this on my own so maybe my googlefu isn't so strong for finding solutions to what I am doing. To make sure I understand my next steps, after I install the lsi card I assume I control it via console commands, but do I need another software to manage the folder structure of the drives? Or is it something I should be able to create within windows itself. Once again, sorry everyone for being off topic and getting away from TrueNAS in general.Actually, @jgreco, this would be a RAID controller on the bare metal Windows workstation. We've settled that TrueNAS isn't a good fit for his use case.
@datrat, your motherboard supports soft RAID 10. If you need hardware RAID 5, you can't go wrong with an LSI, especially one that can be reflashed to an IT-mode HBA later.
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If you want to build a RAID setup or already have one, you probably need a RAID controller. But which one is the best RAID controller? Well, if your setup is simple and based on RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration your best bet is a software RAID controller (more on that later). But if […]
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Thanks so much everyone for your help. Am picking up a lsi 9211 8i locally that should do exactly what I need.
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Ah thanks @Samuel Tai, I'll look at some other options.LSI 9211-8i SAS2008 6.0gbps SAS 2/ SATA III RAID 0/1/10 Controller
A quick look at the LSI 9211-8i eight port 6.0gbps RAID 0, 1 and 10 controller that can be flashed into IT mode.
This says the 9211-8i can't do RAID 5.
I did just build my own custom water loop pc. But my case has pretty good flow and there will be lots of space around the card. Not sure I want to do a liquid cooling solution on this build, might do something like a pcie fan.
Picked up a lsi 9260. Excited to install!
