Moving Hard Drives In the FreeNas

[Clinderw]

Hello,

I have had a freenas box up and running for a while and have a question - if i move a hard drive that is connected through one port in the motherboard to a port on my RAID card (in IT mode) will FreeNas notice its the same drive (as part of an existing RaidZ2) or will it freakout?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[DrKK]

I think the answer is "yes". If I'm not mistaken (Cyberjock explained this to me once), the whole GPTID business in the drive listing is precisely for this situation---the drive can be identified no matter which header shows the device.

I would wait for a more definitive answer though.

 

[Ericloewe]

As long as the drives are exposed to the OS (no RAID or other shenanigans) you can move them around carelessly. If you're using IT mode, nothing to worry about.

 

[Clinderw]

Thank you both for the quick response. I will proceed forward as planned.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[jamiejunk]

Yep, just did it this weekend. Actually swapped out HBAs.

 

[Robert Smith]

You may have to adjust your scheduled SMART tests, as these go by port (if done through the GUI).