March 21, 201511 yr 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]
March 21, 201511 yr 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
March 21, 201511 yr 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.
March 21, 201511 yr 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?
March 21, 201511 yr 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
March 21, 201511 yr Community Expert 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.
March 21, 201511 yr 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).
March 21, 201511 yr 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.
March 21, 201511 yr Agree -- my Dymo label maker is one of my handiest gadgets ==> I have labels on just about everything
March 22, 201511 yr Author 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...
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