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Hi,

I currently have Windows 7 64bit installed on my Gen8 with a Samsung SSD in the 1st bay and 8TB WD Reds in bays 2 & 3 everything RAID 0 using the onboard B120i, has an i3 (stock heatsink) and 16GB Ram also and is used as plexserver/smb share for Nvidia shield boxes running Kodi/SPMC and as a utorrent box with sonarr and couchpotato.

Is there a way to install the SSD via sata cable and the 8TB Reds without using RAID 0? as i would like to use Stablebit drivepool and scanner.

Thanks in advance

Nick
 
Get a SATA expansion card, you will have to do some physical work to the back of the four drive bays to remove the SAS\SATA connector from the harness from what I recall due to the connector having both power and data in a single block.
 
npfman said:
Hi,

I currently have Windows 7 64bit installed on my Gen8 with a Samsung SSD in the 1st bay and 8TB WD Reds in bays 2 & 3 everything RAID 0 using the onboard B120i, has an i3 (stock heatsink) and 16GB Ram also and is used as plexserver/smb share for Nvidia shield boxes running Kodi/SPMC and as a utorrent box with sonarr and couchpotato.

Is there a way to install the SSD via sata cable and the 8TB Reds without using RAID 0? as i would like to use Stablebit drivepool and scanner.

Thanks in advance

Nick
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You can still use drivepool with r0 it'll be fine
 
Ah nice one, i'll get a fdd to sata power connector and move the ssd from bay 1 to the odd sata port, i'll obviously have to reinstall windows 7 again.

As my 8TB WD Red's are set up individually as RAID 0 on the B120i will I lose all the data on them if i move them between bays?

I have some spare 6TB drives i'd like to add in the now 2 spare bays, I plan to RAID 0 these individually and then create a drivepool within Windows 7.

Thanks again

Nick
 
R0 you won't lose anything, however when you create the "pool" within drivepool it'll create a separate folder structure.
 
I thought you couldn't use the ODD sata port if you select AHCI?

I placed the SSD within bay 1 as I didnt have a FDD-sata cable when i first set my Gen8 up.
 
Yes, I've got 8 sat behind me as I have an old N40L that's sat doing nothing as well as an N40L with a dead mobo so plenty of spares...
 
Snapshot said:
Interesting. How did you get the NH-L9i to fit and is the fan speed controlled at all?
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I removed and modded the brackets, that took me about 2 hours with breaks, then I used a spanner with some case screws to secure it to the motherboard.... hard part was screwing it all back in :)

Stelly
 
Stelly said:
I removed and modded the brackets, that took me about 2 hours with breaks, then I used a spanner with some case screws to secure it to the motherboard.... hard part was screwing it all back in :)

Stelly
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Thanks for that. I'll look at that as an option if I need to upgrade the i3 3240T currently in there.
 
Mel_P said:
From memory I think that is correct - Windows in ACHI mode looks at drive 1 (1st slot) to boot from.
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Not sure about windows but the various Linux based OS's i've run have had no issue with the 5th SATA port in ACHI mode.

Were all running newer Bios though.
 
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