Sata pcie replacement to HBA

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hi there

im not much more about nas just have a basic knowledge in truenas world. i build this server running for a year with an ordinary pcie sata a non HBA card, now i decided to replaced a real HBA card do i need to detached first the drives which part of the existing sata pcie or replaced without any configuration?

my NAS specs
gigabyte b550m ds3h
amd ryzen 5 5600g
64gig ram
1 nvme boot os drive
8 hdd 2tb each
silverstone nas casing

thanks

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As long as your sata multiplier wasn’t doing too much sketchy stuff, moving to an HBA should basically be plug & play. TrueNAS doesn’t care how the drives are connected (simplification; unless something is critical wrong with existing setup) - it should be as simple as moving the drives from the port multiple to the HBA.

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Note that the OP has not mentioned a port multiplier and not all SATA cards are disasters in waiting…
Still the replacement should be a plug and play exercise.

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…if it is flashed to IT mode…

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Actually not. ZFS does not care about ports or controlers, so replacing would equally work with an HBA on IR firmware, a RAID controller, or another SATA card.
But for safe functioning later on, you want a HBA on the latest IT or IR firmware—emphasis on LATEST.

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see circa 2018

Jokes about how fresh firmware releases are aside, he is 100% correct.

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Indeed, we may just say “LAST” firmware.

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