So my motherboard recently died on me. The motherboard I was using had 8 SATA ports, which I plugged my 8 HDD's to use for my ZFS pool. It's looking like I won't be able to replace this motherboard with something similar, so I'm going to have to use an HBA. Will my ZFS pool be lost once I'm up and running again or will I be able to import it?
Moving ZFS onto a new system
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Will my ZFS pool be lost once I'm up and running again or will I be able to import it?
You will be able to import it as long as the HBA lets OMV see the discs individually. IT mode.
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You will be able to import it as long as the HBA lets OMV see the discs individually. IT mode.
So I have to purchase an IT mode HBA or is it just a setting?
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So I have to purchase an IT mode HBA or is it just a setting?
It is the firmware that the card has installed. If the card already has it installed, then it's done. If the card does not have it installed with a version with TI mode you will have to install the firmware yourself,... if it can be done on the card you buy.
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It is the firmware that the card has installed. If the card already has it installed, then it's done. If the card does not have it installed with a version with TI mode you will have to install the firmware yourself,... if it can be done on the card you buy.
Thanks, I'll just look to purchase one already flashed with the IT firmware. Any decent brands you can recommend since I'm completely new to HBA cards?
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Any decent brands you can recommend since I'm completely new to HBA cards?
I only bought one and I chose one of the cheap ones. I don't like ebay and it's what was easiest for me to buy. So far it works without problems after two years. In case it helps you, this is it. https://www.amazon.es/Syba-SI-…rjeta-Verde/dp/B00AZ9T3OU
In the forum they usually recommend LSI.
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If you search the forum you will find many threads about this, here is one Lsi 9308 HBA not showing drives
And this is a card that ryecoaaron says works well for him https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod…h_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 in this other thread RE: Controller stopped working in OMV, still shows up on boot.
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The same chip for M.2 PCI-E port There are many solutions, think what can work best for you. https://es.aliexpress.com/i/1005004251253555.html
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I only bought one and I chose one of the cheap ones. I don't like ebay and it's what was easiest for me to buy. So far it works without problems after two years. In case it helps you, this is it. https://www.amazon.es/Syba-SI-…rjeta-Verde/dp/B00AZ9T3OU
In the forum they usually recommend LSI.
Thanks a lot for the link. So something like this should be ok?
https://www.amazon.com/Original-9211-8i-FreeNAS-unRAID-6Gbps/dp/B082HKNCVD/
I noticed your card has the actual SATA ports, but this one has two ports that pigtail into 8. Same thing I'm guessing?
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So something like this should be ok?
That card will work for you.
I noticed your card has the actual SATA ports, but this one has two ports that pigtail into 8. Same thing I'm guessing?
It's the same thing but you'll need two cables like this. https://www.amazon.com/Cable-M…&pd_rd_i=B012BPLYJC&psc=1
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That card will work for you.
It's the same thing but you'll need two cables like this. https://www.amazon.com/Cable-M…&pd_rd_i=B012BPLYJC&psc=1
Awesome. Thank you so much for your time and help
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Thank you so much for your time and help
You are welcome
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You are welcome
I got everything up and running a few days ago. Silly question for you though..
I've noticed now when I turn my machine off, the hard drives make a noise when shutting off. They never used to do that (I have 8 total) when they were all connected directly to my old mother board. Ever heard of something like this? Everything else works flawlessly btw.
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I've noticed now when I turn my machine off, the hard drives make a noise when shutting off. They never used to do that (I have 8 total) when they were all connected directly to my old mother board. Ever heard of something like this? Everything else works flawlessly btw.
Sorry, no idea.
Years ago disks made noise when parking the heads, but I haven't heard of that in a long time.
You also say that before they didn't make noise, I don't know how the new card can influence that, unless it cuts the power to the disks before they stop spinning, it would be strange.
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They never used to do that (I have 8 total) when they were all connected directly to my old mother board.
Emergency head retracts makes a noise. Generally, this occurs during a dirty shut down when power is suddenly removed from a spinning hard drive. To prevent a head crash, drives park their heads while the platters are still spinning.
Your motherboard is "aware" of a soft shutdown and sends the appropriate command to SATA ports to park hard drive heads gracefully. I'm guessing that your add-on HBA card is not doing the same thing. While there is a distinctive "click", I wouldn't worry about it. Your drives are doing what they're designed to do.
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Emergency head retracts makes a noise. Generally, this occurs during a dirty shut down when power is suddenly removed from a spinning hard drive. To prevent a head crash, drives park their heads while the platters are still spinning.
Your motherboard is "aware" of a soft shutdown and sends the appropriate command to SATA ports to park hard drive heads gracefully. I'm guessing that your add-on HBA card is not doing the same thing. While there is a distinctive "click", I wouldn't worry about it. Your drives are doing what they're designed to do.
Thanks for the reply. I know I shouldn't worry, but I tend to worry with such things lol. Is there any sort of setting I can change to help with this, whether it be in the motherboard itself or the hba card?
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Thanks a lot for the link. So something like this should be ok?
https://www.amazon.com/Origina…RAID-6Gbps/dp/B082HKNCVD/
I noticed your card has the actual SATA ports, but this one has two ports that pigtail into 8. Same thing I'm guessing?
The card you linked to on Amazon will be fine. But it's twice the price of the same card on ebay.
You will need two forward breakout cables to connect the card to the drives. Many of the cards on ebay come with these cables. But you can get them separately too. Use the shortest cables that will reach. Most common are 1 meter (3.3ft) but 1.6ft are also available.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012BPLYJC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
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The card you linked to on Amazon will be fine. But it's twice the price of the same card on ebay.
You will need two forward breakout cables to connect the card to the drives. Many of the cards on ebay come with these cables. But you can get them separately too. Use the shortest cables that will reach. Most common are 1 meter (3.3ft) but 1.6ft are also available.
Thanks. I'm already back up and running I did get the shorter cables though
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Emergency head retracts makes a noise. Generally, this occurs during a dirty shut down when power is suddenly removed from a spinning hard drive. To prevent a head crash, drives park their heads while the platters are still spinning.
Your motherboard is "aware" of a soft shutdown and sends the appropriate command to SATA ports to park hard drive heads gracefully. I'm guessing that your add-on HBA card is not doing the same thing. While there is a distinctive "click", I wouldn't worry about it. Your drives are doing what they're designed to do.
I forgot to post here in case anyone else was wondering, I did find a solution to this via google.
According to another page I found, these emergency head retracts are quite harsh on the HDD and will ultimately reduce its lifespan. I added this little script to startup that seems to allow the discs to gracefully power off again as they used to before I started using the HBA.
If anyone sees a problem with this script, please feel free to let me know and why it's a problem (so I can learn :))
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