HarambeLives
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I've searched the forums but I don't see much related to disk shelves/JBOD's, and I'm wondering if someone can give me some insight
I am decommissioning my NAS02 virtual TrueNAS install because the ESXi host it is on will be going away, and instead of building a second NAS again, I have moved my backups elsewhere so I can just connect all these drives to my main NAS01 and eliminate the need for an extra system
So, I have an LSI 9207-8e that I will add to NAS01, and then I am going to turn the 12 bay chassis that is currently the ESXi host into a JBOD. For the life of me I can't find one of the Supermicro JBOD controllers that are not shipped from China, so I'm just going to hotwire the 24 Pin connector so its on all the time. The power buttons won't be able to function, but that's fine as it will be on 24/7 anyway
* Is it okay to hot-plug the SAS connector with TrueNAS? In past systems its always been fine to plug in the external SAS connector with both the disk shelf powered on as well as the JBOD. Still the case with TrueNAS, or should I start with the JBOD powered off?
* If I need to power down the JBOD for some reason, what is the procedure in TrueNAS? How do I tell it to expect that 12 disks in a second pool will go offline?
I am decommissioning my NAS02 virtual TrueNAS install because the ESXi host it is on will be going away, and instead of building a second NAS again, I have moved my backups elsewhere so I can just connect all these drives to my main NAS01 and eliminate the need for an extra system
So, I have an LSI 9207-8e that I will add to NAS01, and then I am going to turn the 12 bay chassis that is currently the ESXi host into a JBOD. For the life of me I can't find one of the Supermicro JBOD controllers that are not shipped from China, so I'm just going to hotwire the 24 Pin connector so its on all the time. The power buttons won't be able to function, but that's fine as it will be on 24/7 anyway
* Is it okay to hot-plug the SAS connector with TrueNAS? In past systems its always been fine to plug in the external SAS connector with both the disk shelf powered on as well as the JBOD. Still the case with TrueNAS, or should I start with the JBOD powered off?
* If I need to power down the JBOD for some reason, what is the procedure in TrueNAS? How do I tell it to expect that 12 disks in a second pool will go offline?