Thanks for all your help. I have looked at the HBA card that you recommended and it seems to be expensive on its own. The expanders are 4 times the price also. This is going to be an expensive set up.    Here is what I think I need now, please correct me if I am not correct.    Modern HBA card compatible with Unraid with consistent firmware updates 16 ports to start with and option to use expander in the future 6GBPS (12GPBS are too expensive) External expansio