SSD died on me today. I had a spare. Reinstalled 25.04.1, restored configuration backup with some troubles: for some reason latest backup did not restore the pool, but the one from June did…
In any case, re-setup report test from @dak180 , including backup in email to be on the safe side…
So the question is:
was it really a bad batch SSD or could something be wrong in my setup? What is others experience with external SSD connected to USB ports?
Is there a best practice for running scale off external SSD (settings and/or hardware)?
The latest SMART report for the SSD did not show any issues, I don’t really know why it suddenly died…
Ps. All 6 ports of MB are used for raid, so I have to go for external SSD.
PPs. This was easier with CORE, but I know it has to do with OS differences…
SSD can die like that, Is annoyng but possible.
I have run my system with an USB-sata adapter for months without any issue, Is not optimal but viable.
If you have a free pciex slot, and your motherboard Is not too old, you have also the option to buy a cheap passive PCI-EX-NVME adapter and boot from It; 16gb Optane/pseudo Optane are cheap and (in my experience) reliable
My mainboard Is equipped with an internal USB port, so the disk was placed internally and benefited of the airflow.
I placed system dataset pool into the boot pool too (still using the same pattern now that i have the NVME adapter).
Regarding the NVME adapter, i can say that im using It in a pciex slot with 1 lane without having performance issue (so i can use the same adapter with 2 NVME dedicated to the app pool and benefit of full speed there).
Don’t know what your system Is, but under Intel gen 6 the capability to boot from NVME Is granted only to few motherboard
EDIT: if anyone will came across this topic, M2 slot in the MB itself can not be used as per documentation: “The M.2 slot (M2_1) is shared with the SATA_0 connector. When M2_1 is populated with a M.2 SATA3 module, SATA_0 is disabled.”
Pretty similar to my backup system mainboard, and with the same limitation of my main mainboard (the msata -not m2- slot shared with a SATA port).
Now I don’t want to put too much on my plate, but seems that your motherboard supports bifurcation, you should can add 3 NVME in total with a passive riser
yep, for me this setup is the best (poor xD) choice on almost every point.
Also to mention, not that usb sata adapters are unreliable… but passive riser for pci-ex slot are objectively simpler - just a pass through -, despite the usb adapters that afaik have a bridge controller inside them
Yepp, USB to sATA only is (might be) a viable (?) solution, if you only use a single drive.
(belive me, I tried it. 6 HDD-s on USB to sATA are a recipe for disaster.)
It is possible I did not install it correctly (not fully), but otherwise I still don’t understand why I can’t even boot with this adapter installed… I don’t have a monitor to check, but when it’s in, the ASRock remote is not working either, so I can’t see what’s actually being printed on screen (if anything)
EDIT: Tried again, now at least can boot from USB and see NVME disk… will try to re-install on it…
be sure to change preferred HDD drive in bios. UI is a bit confusing as it allows to select 3 boot options, and one of them is hard drive. Which one, is set in a different option
for some reason I had some issues with remote/IPMI. So for installation of TrueNas and first boot, I connected LAN cable to a dedicated IPMI port. Once everything looked good, I re-connected to the usual one in order to access TrueNas UI and restore config file.
p.s. and I did move system data set to the boot pool
