Hi all,
I'm currently using Server 2012 R2 Essentials with a Storage Space consisting of 7 3TB disks. The disks are connected to an LSI MegaRAID controller which does not support JBOD so each disk is configured as a single disk RAID0. The disks are connected to the controller using SAS Breakout Cables (SATA to SFF-8087).
I am considering moving my server into a new chassis. The new chassis has a SAS Backplane for drive attachment which means I would be re-cabling to use SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables instead and in doing so, the channel and port assignment on the LSI MegaRAID will change.
I know that the LSI card will have no problem identifying the disk as the same disk when it's connected to a different port or channel on the controller, but is the same true for the Storage Space?
How does Storage Spaces track the identity of the individual disks?
Just to be clear, the hardware configuration otherwise will not be changing. Motherboard, CPU, RAID controller etc will all be the same, it will just be moving everything into a new chassis.