Do you recommend SAS over SATA? What would I do of I wanted to move to SATA drives and already having data on the hardware raid? How would I transfer all that?

What I’m worried about is that once one drive fails, then I won’t want to replace it because I want to go full SATA. But then that would mean my NAS storage would shrink and loose data.

That means that I have to replace all drives to data at the same time, and if I have lots of data on the hardware said SAS drives. How do I transfer all that data to the new drives ?

Any ideas? The best I can think of is to have 2 pcie cards one with the raid and another data. But how would they share the data if the SATA is not in the hardware raid pool.

It shows up in try has as one big 18TB drive (I have 24tb, so raid is working).

How do I configure that? Just put it in one pool? In truenas terms what do I do with the 18tb?

It has mini SAS connectors that have SAS connections on the other end.

Do you think hardware raid is any good?

Very informative thanks!

Seems like seagate 4-8tb is the sweet spot. Is there any difference in the models of the segate drives? Or just the iron wolf NAS are the better choice?

Also, currently can fund all ssds for primary and I’m not that interested in read speeds. I’m more interested in a safe space for files to get stored in without fear of loss.

I have a old tell server tower, running truenas scale. Once I get a pcie sata card I will set up with raid5.

And zfs is just a backup of the raid, like a sync?

And then I think my move would be to get 6 Seagate drives lol

Interesting, thanks. If you no expert, the I’m a newbie lol.

I will try a sata card and raiding them through software. What would you recommend for 6x4tb ? I know there are raids and mirrors, I was thinking like raid 5 but still unsure. I also have a icydock for 2.5 in drives that I can raid separately with ssds when I have the funds.

What is your experience with raids and safest bet on old hardware, if running 24/7 with important data?

So, it’s better if I get a normal pcie to sata card and connect them individually. Then just raid them through software.

Also, what are your thoughts on second hand drives, and just monitoring them and replacing them as needed. (im currently saving up for good new 4tb x 6 drives lol)

I got an old server and it has a hardware raid card on it. I installed trueNAS on it. Shows 18tb raid right away (24tb 4tbx6). And it does not help that I’m new to this stuff.

Is hardware raid any good for truNAS? should I just get a pcie to sata and connect drives individually?

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Yeah, and not to mention the deals on older hardware , it’s like Christmas every day! Lol

Do it, got my parents on mint and I daily mint. Other than the occasional trouble shooting, and command prompt work that I do for them when needed, they have been loving it.

And of course pixels for the whole family, as always ;)

Gotta throw out all the old pc’s. We need win11 in our lives ❤