jahouse Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Ok so I didn't read enough before purchasing the HighPoint Rocket 640L (which does not work with unRaid), so I'm exchanging it for a Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 (I should receive in 3 days). My question is the procedure I need to go through to swap out these two cards. Currently the Highpoint has 3 drives connected all 2TB drives. 1 has no data on it, 1 has about 100GB of data and the other is my cache drive. Do I 1) Move all the data off to another drive, then remove the highpoint card run initconfig, then connect the new Supermicro card and the 3 drives and set them up? OR 2) Can I just swap out the card and connect the 3 drives and UnRaid will realize they are the same drive and everything will be fine? Any Advice to make this a smooth transition would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
DaleWilliams Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Yeah, I wasted money on a non-compatible SATA card, too. I found that swapping the drive controller card didn't (wouldn't/shouldn't) affect unRAID. As always, there's the risk of loose cables, a bad card, etc., etc., So, being a 'Belt and Suspenders' type, before I did this, I started the web interface and took a screenshot showing exactly which drives are assigned which function. (The critical ones are cache and parity...you don't want to mix them up with your data drives.) Its unlikely you'll need the screenshot, but it sure feels better to know its around. I just keep a current snapshot in Dropbox along with a xerox of my passport and driver's license! Quote Link to comment
nacat78 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Posted by: mr-hexen « on: Today at 05:48:43 AM » option #2. +1 Just make sure you take a screen shot of drive assignments before you swap out cards just in case. Quote Link to comment
jahouse Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks as soon as I get the card and everything is good to go I'll mark this thread as solved. By the way what is the command from the terminal to do a speed check on the hard drives? Quote Link to comment
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