drkmachine
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I recently received a readynas 4200 rackmount server for little to nothing. I am looking to eventually replace the motherboard with one that is more compatible with FreeNAS (not to mention easier to find documentation on). But I would like to make some use of this in the meantime while I pull together the funds for the rebuild.
Currently the system has a 2U 12 bay Supermicro chassis,a Supermicro X7SB3-NI015 rev 1.02 motherboard with an onboard LSI 1068e. And the backplane is a SAS-826TQ-NIO15 rev 3.1.
I know the LSI 1068e doesn't support drives greater than 2TB, so I was wondering if it made any sense to disable the onboard and add a more compatible HBA. Would there be any drive size limits with the backplane or would it even work for what I am thinking.
Currently the system has a 2U 12 bay Supermicro chassis,a Supermicro X7SB3-NI015 rev 1.02 motherboard with an onboard LSI 1068e. And the backplane is a SAS-826TQ-NIO15 rev 3.1.
I know the LSI 1068e doesn't support drives greater than 2TB, so I was wondering if it made any sense to disable the onboard and add a more compatible HBA. Would there be any drive size limits with the backplane or would it even work for what I am thinking.
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