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Thoughts on these SATA/M.2-->SATA/2.5" adapters? (feddit.nl)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Trying to squeeze some more storage in my MiniPC. I have questions about these. These use hardward RAID with selectable modes (Individual/JBOD/RAID1/RAID2).

If I use RAID 1 and one of the drives fails, will I know?
If a drive fails, and a slap in a new one, will it internally begin repairing RAID 1 again?
Can I use these as "individual" or JBOD and have 2 separate drives through the same connector, and use something like TrueNAS to software-RAID them?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm not saying this rudely. This sounds like a "read the manual" moment, since different vendors can have different settings.

Or at least links to the exact one you are looking at.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I couldn't find any manuals. Nothing that referenced my questions. Thought maybe there was just a "conventional" way that these functioned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://www.qnap.com/en/product/qda-a2mar seems to be the one in your image. From the users guide it seems it does everything you listed. The prices I've seen are about 100 € / $ though plus the two SSDs you need, personally I'd invest in external backup instead, that covers more data loss scenarios than this adapter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's cool that it has a utility but how would I even access that on a server? And how would I be notified if there was a problem?

External backup is not a possibility.