FTR, HPA is disabled by default.
Board cost $130; has 8 SATA and 1 PCI-Ex16 and 1 PCI-Ex8 (and 3 PCI-Ex, FWIW).
Pretty affordable for the first 8 drives. I've ordered two 1430SAs to get it ready for more drives.
It's in a Cooler Master Centurion 590 with 3 3x5 IcyDocks. On its side with an added exhaust fan on the top/side.
Went 100% clean bringing up three 1TB drives (2 storage, 1 parity).
Bought the Pro license(s).
Then pulled parity and replaced it with a 2TB drive. Built clean.
Added the old 1TB drive as a data drive and brought it online. Clean.
Added another 1Tb drive. Clean.
Re-ran parity. Clean.
The syslogs are a bit of a mess from all the playing with it in the first testing phase.
Should I post them? or wipe them and do a full parity rebuild to show that it runs clean?
Anything else anyone would like to see?
