Recommended controllers for Unraid
This thread is meant to replace the now outdated old one about recommended controllers, these are some controllers known to be generally reliable with Unraid:
Note: RAID controllers are not recommended for Unraid, this includes all LSI MegaRAID models, doesn't mean they cannot be used but there could be various issues because of that, like no SMART info and/or temps being displayed, disks not being recognized by Unraid if the controller is replaced with a different model, and in some
May an expert weigh in on if this one will work?
LSI S2308 6Gbs PCI-E3.0 FW: P20 LSI 9207-8i IT Mode For ZFS FreeNAS unRAID US
This seller offers 3 variants of the 9207-8i:
$63.88 = LSI
$49.88 = NEC
$36.98 = IBM
Free S/H for each
Not sure what exactly the difference will be between LSI vs NEC vs IBM? Maybe different quality manufacturing and components? The LSI is almost 2x the cost of the IBM. Maybe an engineer in this field can wei