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title: "Server management tips: Keep 1 sata port available"
date: "2017-12-01"
template: "post"
category: "homelab"
tags:
  - "servers"
  - "homelab"
description: "What was meant to be a simple hard drive migration turned into a long night due to a rogue sata cable"
disqusId: "25"
---

Servers.... Both a joy and a pain. This week my server has just been a pain though.... What should've been a relaxing night with some easy peasy hard drive replacements quickly turned into hours of downtime and lots of yelling and screaming :(