WellisKelly
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- Jul 17, 2021
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Hi All,
I’ve been a Synology and QNAP user for years but I’m ready to make the jump to TrueNAS. I’ve been fortunate to inherit a few pieces of hardware to get me started on the process. But I’m looking for the TrueNAS experts of the world to offer a Newbie some advice and answer these questions for me.
1- Should I install TrueNas on a USB, an internal drive (Slot 3 or 4 – 300GB) within the server or somewhere else?
2- What’s the proper way to wire the DS2246 to the HBA? Am I using two QSFP to Mini-SAS cables to connect the IOM’s to the HBA or just one? Which IOM should I connect (A or B)? Should I connect to the Circle Port or Square Port?
3- I have a few more Disk Shelves. What’s the best way to connect those to the server/HBA? Daisy Chain from the NetAPPs?
4- Intending on using TrueNAS for Plex Storage and VM Storage. Should I use a separate server and HBA to use for the VM Storage?
5- The TrueNAS installed doesn’t see the any drives connected to H240. Do I need to configure 12 Logical Drives?
My lab consists of the following:
I formatted the NetApp drives back to 512b via ubuntu and TrueNAS sees them when I run the installer, but when I have cables connected to both IOMs it sees 48 drives in the chassis instead of 24. So I’m thinking both cables don’t need to be plugged in but I could be wrong. Also is there a difference between the circle and square ports?
So my questions are again:
1- Should I install TrueNas on a USB, an internal drive (Slot 3 or 4 – 300GB) within the server or somewhere else?
2- What’s the proper way to wire the DS2246 to the HBA? Am I using two QSFP to Mini-SAS cables to connect the IOM’s to the HBA or just one? Which IOM should I connect (A or B)? Should I connect to the Circle Port or Square Port?
3- I have a few more Disk Shelves. What’s the best way to connect those to the server/HBA? Daisy Chain from the NetAPPs?
4- Intending on using TrueNAS for Plex Storage and VM Storage. Should I use a separate server and HBA to use for the VM Storage?
5- The TrueNAS installed doesn’t see the any drives connected to H240. Do I need to configure 12 Logical Drives?
I’ve been a Synology and QNAP user for years but I’m ready to make the jump to TrueNAS. I’ve been fortunate to inherit a few pieces of hardware to get me started on the process. But I’m looking for the TrueNAS experts of the world to offer a Newbie some advice and answer these questions for me.
1- Should I install TrueNas on a USB, an internal drive (Slot 3 or 4 – 300GB) within the server or somewhere else?
2- What’s the proper way to wire the DS2246 to the HBA? Am I using two QSFP to Mini-SAS cables to connect the IOM’s to the HBA or just one? Which IOM should I connect (A or B)? Should I connect to the Circle Port or Square Port?
3- I have a few more Disk Shelves. What’s the best way to connect those to the server/HBA? Daisy Chain from the NetAPPs?
4- Intending on using TrueNAS for Plex Storage and VM Storage. Should I use a separate server and HBA to use for the VM Storage?
5- The TrueNAS installed doesn’t see the any drives connected to H240. Do I need to configure 12 Logical Drives?
My lab consists of the following:
- HP Proliant DL380p Gen 8 (12 3.5” LFF) – Slots 1&2 – SATA 500GB, Slots 3&4 – SAS 15K – 300GBm Slots 5-12 - SATA 4TB -
- Server came with a HP P420 Raid Card internally, but I hooked the 12 Drive Backplan up to a HP H240 HBA via MiniSaS. -Added a LSI 9207-8E 8 Port Card. Not sure of the firmware
- (4) NetApp DS2246 – All fully loaded with 900GB SAS Drives
- (1) NetApp DS4246 – Loaded with 4TB but soon replaced with 14TB & 10TB drives
- (1) NetApp DS4486 – Empty (for future use)
- HP Proliant DL580 Gen 8 – 4 Xeon Processors, 48 cores total, 2.2TB Memory, (2) 480GB SAS Drives. (This is the ESX Host)
I formatted the NetApp drives back to 512b via ubuntu and TrueNAS sees them when I run the installer, but when I have cables connected to both IOMs it sees 48 drives in the chassis instead of 24. So I’m thinking both cables don’t need to be plugged in but I could be wrong. Also is there a difference between the circle and square ports?
So my questions are again:
1- Should I install TrueNas on a USB, an internal drive (Slot 3 or 4 – 300GB) within the server or somewhere else?
2- What’s the proper way to wire the DS2246 to the HBA? Am I using two QSFP to Mini-SAS cables to connect the IOM’s to the HBA or just one? Which IOM should I connect (A or B)? Should I connect to the Circle Port or Square Port?
3- I have a few more Disk Shelves. What’s the best way to connect those to the server/HBA? Daisy Chain from the NetAPPs?
4- Intending on using TrueNAS for Plex Storage and VM Storage. Should I use a separate server and HBA to use for the VM Storage?
5- The TrueNAS installed doesn’t see the any drives connected to H240. Do I need to configure 12 Logical Drives?