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How do you keep track of where each drive is plugged in ? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Koobey@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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How do you know which HDD is in slot X of your server? For example if one fails and you don't want to unplug the wrong one.

Sadly my 24 Bay one doesn't come with Smart Caddys or something fancy, only Power and Activity LED. Where on one occasion i guessed wrong -_- .

I'm tempted to start a spreadsheet but i hope their is something better than this or disk descriptions.

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[–] BIT-NETRaptor@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If you use a generic case then you're going to have to gather the info outside.

Some suggestions:

Onenote or similar - use the rectangle tool to sketch up some rectangles of your drive bays and then type/write out the serial numbers and other info. I record manufacture date, when I installed it, where I bought it from, the part number, the serial number and sometimes a comment like "ironwolf pro orange logo sticker."

If you use a SAS HBA with breakout cables you may be able to identify them by port. Ie HP P822 tells you I:1:0 for internal port 1, breakout cable 0/1, E:2:1 for external port 2, breakout cable 2/1.