Hi, I’m a novice, and french, sorry for my english I want to install truenas scale in my DIY Nas. My setup : My MoBo has only 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports, but there is a 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, Intel(R) Core™ i3-10100 CPU @ 3.60GHz 32 GO ram 3 WD Red Plus 6TO, 1 nvme 500 GO and 2 ssd 500GO. I want t…

Don’t use a PCI SATA card if you can avoid it. Use a LSI 9200 or 9300 or 9400 etc… They are very cheap on ebay if that’s an option for you. For example, an -8i card will give two SAS connections. You can connect a SAS to SATA fanout cable to give you 8 additional SATA connections. I would do: nvm…

Thanks Jorsher, I’m going to look for a LSI

And don’t bother with cache drives. Read cache (L2ARC) doesn’t work that way Write cache (SLOG) is unlikley to do anything for you as it only works with sync writes, and most use cases use async writes

In other words - MAX out RAM first before thinking about cache.

I just noticed I didn’t explain why you should avoid PCI SATA cards. Some might be OK, but in general you are risking a headache or data loss. For the same amount of money (or not much more) you can get a LSI-based SAS controller that are proven solid.

Detail explanation why to avoid SATA cards [image] Multiply your problems with SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers Resources This resource was originally created by user: jgreco on the TrueNAS Community Forums Archive. Please DM this account or comment in this…

Thx for your help. My mobo accept 64go RAM max, is it correct ?

Maybe I’m blind but did you say what your motherboard is? Regadless, download the use manual from the manufacurer web site and read it. You should also grab a copy of th QVL

Hi, my motherboard is Asus PRIME H410I-PLUS/CSM

`Expansion Slots 16-Lane CPU-,1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 mode) Storage Total supports 1 x M.2 slot(s) and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports,1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode),Intel® H410 Chipset : ,4 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s) LAN Realtek® RTL8111H, 1 x Gigabit LAN Con…

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