Subj : Re: Dell PowerEdge r730 s
To : phigan
From : paulie420
Date : Sun Dec 15 2024 03:39 pm
ph> Supposedly it's no good to mix RAIDs.. You should either let the card do
ph> its own array thing like it would normally do, or replace/remove it
ph> entirely. The latter option might be better if you're _actually_ worried
ph> about the data and want to be able to put the drives into other systems.
ph> If you're just messin' around tho, who cares :).
No, this will be in production as a very important NAS.
But... are you stating that its not suggested to leave the Perc 730 Mini as the front 12 drive bays card and adding a second complete HBA to control the other 'rail' - the other SAS/SATA port??
I'll research before, for sure. While I would prefer to pass the HBA completely to a TrueNAS VM, I won't lose TOO MUCH i/o if I just pass individual drives to the TrueNAS VM w/o PCI pasthrough.
I want to do it the right way, so I appreciate you mentioning this. I could also take the rear 2 2.5" bays off the Perc 730 and just use the physical SATA connections on the mobo for them... decisions decisions...
