Arman
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What is HBA? ^_^ I was talking about a Raid controller. A raid card which would help the system run in Raidz2 or raidz3...Yes, disconnecting the sata cables would yield the same results. Just may be more of a pain since you have to take the case cover off, etc.
You mean HBA or card in IT/JBOD Mode, not Raid card right? ;) Yes, if the drives cannot be accessed, then that helps to mitigate the possibilities.
However, you still have at least two potential issues:
- If the motherboard, cpu, ram or some component decides to halt the system you now neither have access to FreeNas or Windows
- If you are constantly connecting/disconnecting cables; there is always the chance you may forget one or not seat it properly. Dependent on how your FreeNas pool/vdev is configured, this can be anywhere from an annoying message about a drive missing to total loss of data...
But if one of the components chooses to halt the system because it is faulty I could just replace that component, right? I mean, they have a possibility of halting the system even if I am not running a dual-boot server. right?
Yes I agree. constantly connecting and disconnecting cables does increase the possibility of human error. But I don’t think I would be doing it constantly.