theecatman Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I believe I know the answer but need to double check... I need more room for drives etc currently running V6b14, I want to buy a bigger case Only, before the removal of my old drives do I need to take note where each drive is located on my mother board and controllers for each drive? I believe the answer is yes.... Your thoughts... [emoji1] Link to comment
Ashe Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Not sure if you're supposed to but I never have. I always keep a screenshot of the drive / slot allocation on the unraid main page but never the physical connections Link to comment
SSD Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Ashe is right. No need to preserve physical disk locations. unRAID recognizes drives by serial number and should put everything right. This was not the case in the 4.x days. unRAID used to tie the slot to the slot / channel. It is much better now, so long as you never have 2 drives with the same SN (which should never happen). See THE POST for an alternate way to grow your array without buying a new case. Link to comment
ajgoyt Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Ashe is right. No need to preserve physical disk locations. unRAID recognizes drives by serial number and should put everything right. This was not the case in the 4.x days. unRAID used to tie the slot to the slot / channel. It is much better now, so long as you never have 2 drives with the same SN (which should never happen). See THE POST for an alternate way to grow your array without buying a new case. Just seems scary to just take the pc apart without noting which drive goes to which sata slot / addon card... maybe I should at least note where the parity drive goes? Link to comment
garycase Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Just seems scary to just take the pc apart without noting which drive goes to which sata slot / addon card... maybe I should at least note where the parity drive goes? Not necessary => UnRAID tracks ALL of your drives by serial number. You can simply move everything to the new case; plug all the drives in; and boot ... and it will work just fine Link to comment
itimpi Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Ashe is right. No need to preserve physical disk locations. unRAID recognizes drives by serial number and should put everything right. This was not the case in the 4.x days. unRAID used to tie the slot to the slot / channel. It is much better now, so long as you never have 2 drives with the same SN (which should never happen). See THE POST for an alternate way to grow your array without buying a new case. Just seems scary to just take the pc apart without noting which drive goes to which sata slot / addon card... maybe I should at least note where the parity drive goes? That is up to you . As has been said unRAID recognizes drives by their serial numbers, and not by where they have been plugged in. Link to comment
SSD Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 As long as your config directory is intact there is no need to track. But if you were to need to build a new flash drive from scratch, a printout of what drives are assigned to what slot is helpful (but not mandatory). Link to comment
CHBMB Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I bought a cheap label maker and label my drives according to the position in my Unraid array. Best 15 quid I've ever spent. Got 16 drive spaces in my case, all my sata/SAS cables are labeled at both ends, makes troubleshooting so much easier for the sake of a few minutes work. Link to comment
garycase Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Agree -- my Dymo label maker is one of my handiest gadgets ==> I have labels on just about everything Link to comment
theecatman Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 I already label the drives I learned that truck along time ago, thanks again for setting me straight this is going to help me upgrade to my new case and power supply... Link to comment
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