How good does HexOS/TrueNAS Scale handle hardware changes?

[renesdk]

Right now I have system running:

• Intel 4770K
• 16 GB DDR3 RAM
• LSI M5015 HBA (up to 8 disks) with a PCI-E Extender card (so it was ready for up to 16 disk total) running in RAID 6
• 8x Seagate IronWolf 2 TB
• Windows 2022

I’m planning to switch to HexOS once it’s closer to final (I grabbed a license back when they were cheap). Before that, I’ll need to back up my current media, which I already have plans for.

How well does HexOS/TrueNAS Scale handle major hardware upgrades (CPU, motherboard, RAM) after switching?

And what’s the cheapest HBA that can support up to 16 drives in IT-mode?

[Mobius]

@ubergeek has swapped out his hardware many times iirc.
as long as boot drives stay the same, its fairly straight forward swapping parts.

6 hours ago, renesdk said:

And what’s the cheapest HBA that can support up to 16 drives in IT-mode?

realistically its probably the lsi 9300-16i but that one chugs on electricity and outputs a lot of heat so you would need a dedicated fan for it and in the long run itll be more expensive.

i personally bought an oem variant of the 9400-16i for not that much more than 9300s are going for on ebay.
i forget the model numbers, probably best you just ask chat gpt what the oem model numbers are

[ubergeek]

6 minutes ago, Mobius said:

@ubergeek has swapped out his hardware many times iirc.
as long as boot drives stay the same, its fairly straight forward swapping parts.

realistically its probably the lsi 9300-16i but that one chugs on electricity and outputs a lot of heat so you would need a dedicated fan for it and in the long run itll be more expensive.

i personally bought an oem variant of the 9400-16i for not that much more than 9300s are going for on ebay.
i forget the model numbers, probably best you just ask chat gpt what the oem model numbers are

thats what im running is the 9100  link to the eby seller i used

[renesdk]

Thank you both for the answers.

I'll look into it and start saving up for both the drive fra a complete backup of my media data and the HBA card for future HexOS use.