My current NAS, 8 drives took a dump this morning :( I have a cold stand-by NAS box with similar hardware, not the same but similar. I have two questions around the drives/arrays and the cache drives.

1. I plan to boot the new system with the same USB drive from the original system and config. If I move my 8 drives from the failed system to the new systems, the array should come up just fine correct? as the drives ID will be recognized by the new system. I also have a Dell HBA 330 in IT mode so the drives should come up just fine, right?

2. Same goes for the cache drives, I plan to move them to the new system and the dives ID should follow and come up just fine?

I am just making sure I am not missing anything and I really appreciate the guidance.

As long as no RAID controllers are involved, it should be plug and play.

Thanks Jorge. Nope, just the SAS/SATA HBA card which is in IT mode.

23 hours ago, JorgeB said:

As long as no RAID controllers are involved, it should be plug and play.

@JorgeB when you say RAID controller. On the new box I have a Dell HBA 330 in IT mode which is different than what I have on the original NAS. The 8 drives will connect to this Dell 330. Is this considered the RAID in your statement and is this something I need to worry about it?

I could easily move the HBA with the drives from my original box to the new box as well.

Edited October 24, 2025Oct 24 by DivideBy0

29 minutes ago, DivideBy0 said:

I have a Dell HBA 330 in IT mode

If it's really in IT mode it's fine.

Unbelievable BEAUTIFUL. Literally plug-and-play. Is so nice to have a cold stand by NAS box. Literally, swapped the USB boot drive, the 8 SAS drives and the 2 cache drives and up in running in less than 5 minutes.

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL.