petr
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Hello,
In my latest build, I've got 2xM1015 flashed to IT firmware to provide JBOD functionality. At this moment, I am using only 3 out of the 4 available channels.
My question is - is there any benefit to connect all of my HDDs to the M1015 cards VS having 4 of them connected to my motherboard (SuperMicro X9SCM-F), and the rest to the cards? Or is it / should be EXACTLY the same?
I've read somewhere here that some MOBO connectors do not handle hotswap properly and take more time time to detect failed HDD / HDD that dropped off an array, and I am wondering if this is still the case when using server-class motherboards.
Summary of my config:
All of the disks are JBOD - no hardware/softraid is running on any of them. I've tested moving them back and forth between the M1015 and motherboard and to me it all seems exactly the same.. but I would like an expert to weight in here!
In my latest build, I've got 2xM1015 flashed to IT firmware to provide JBOD functionality. At this moment, I am using only 3 out of the 4 available channels.
My question is - is there any benefit to connect all of my HDDs to the M1015 cards VS having 4 of them connected to my motherboard (SuperMicro X9SCM-F), and the rest to the cards? Or is it / should be EXACTLY the same?
I've read somewhere here that some MOBO connectors do not handle hotswap properly and take more time time to detect failed HDD / HDD that dropped off an array, and I am wondering if this is still the case when using server-class motherboards.
Summary of my config:
- 10x SATA hdds connected to M1015 cards
- 4x SATA hdds connected to motherboard connectors
All of the disks are JBOD - no hardware/softraid is running on any of them. I've tested moving them back and forth between the M1015 and motherboard and to me it all seems exactly the same.. but I would like an expert to weight in here!