May 18, 20233 yr Will this work ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/134559354507?hash=item1f545cce8b:g:TZkAAOSwM3liPIgB&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwL0zhhhDcbssQPfMKfNuXQKMuBOpCLISPLVjHuqEqEV%2Fc%2B9mOc8B1SUUnLbSr8KeeTcWuiDSFtuKpK9RM%2FcVHP%2FklCJQzeyUqFlcZbrR%2FhInNs%2FS%2Bkgc%2FdW%2B8Trj17ix8OZq8vH0%2BxkkLDZuREQJDVV8N4oXR3On8FPaFyZnkqomNrP4C%2FgiDSFGRvNxbKdcVabX9ddCMmB1MvsqPAZbSkxPDpZEut0IZKeY%2BvxQYRp6NmD9K0NJHQtvN0DGcBdSzg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8LZm_iFYg
May 19, 20233 yr Will this work ? https://www.ebay.it/itm/144475270744 can I connect it to a backplane that has 8087 inputs using appropriate cables or not?
May 19, 20233 yr Author 1 hour ago, Pera78 said: Will this work ? https://www.ebay.it/itm/144475270744 can I connect it to a backplane that has 8087 inputs using appropriate cables or not? Yes and yes.
May 24, 20233 yr Would someone be able to please confirm for me if this card will work to expand my storage? 🙏 https://www.startech.com/en-ie/cards-adapters/8p6g-pcie-sata-card#overview-applications I did not realise that it would be complicated to expand HDD's so only looking into this now
May 24, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Ethnod said: Would someone be able to please confirm for me if this card will work to expand my storage? I am not an expert on HBA cards, but here is what I can tell you about the card you linked: It uses the ASMedia 1061 chipset which supports 2 SATA ports. Although the ASM1061 supports port multipliers (bad for use with Unraid) this card does not appear to utilize port multipliers. The card specs state is uses 4 host controllers (ASM1061 chips) onboard which would support 8 SATA drives without multipliers. The card is PCIe 2.0 which means after subtracting 20% for overhead (typical), This PCIe x4 card would have 1600 MB/s available bandwidth for 8 SATA drives or ~200 MB/s per drive when all drives are in use simultaneously (parity checks and disk rebuilds). This is sufficient for most HDDs. You may wish to avoid connecting SDDs to this card although it says it does support TRIM operations (many HBAs do not support TRIM). Bandwidth for a SATA SDD would be limited. Many ASMedia cards are known to work well with Unraid as long as you avoid the ones with port multipliers. Edited May 24, 20233 yr by Hoopster
May 31, 20233 yr Hi, Hope my question is okay in this thread. I am building a new compact Unraid box, as a much needed upgrade to my old one. Will be use an Intel i3-12100 with an ASUS PRIME H610I-PLUS D4 mother board. This board only has 4 SATA ports, so was planning to expand this to a total of 8 using a 4 port pcie - Asmedia ASM1064 - this one specifically if important: https://www.delock.com/produkt/90010/merkmale.html Everything is on the way to me, but suddenly I am in doubt if when using this pcie card, the sata ports on the motherboard will be disabled - leaving me with just the 4 sata ports on the expansion card now? If that is the case - would using a sata expansion card in the m2 slot be the way to go instead? Thanks Edited May 31, 20233 yr by Underberg Silly spelling..
June 1, 20233 yr Author 11 hours ago, Underberg said: but suddenly I am in doubt if when using this pcie card, the sata ports on the motherboard will be disabled They won't be disabled.
June 1, 20233 yr 12 hours ago, Underberg said: was planning to expand this to a total of 8 May I ask which compact case you're planning to use? 8 HDDs in a min-ITX case sounds like a very difficult task to make it work. Or is it 6 HDDs + 2 SSDs? Edited June 1, 20233 yr by Lolight
June 1, 20233 yr 8 hours ago, JorgeB said: They won't be disabled. Amazing - thanks! 6 hours ago, Lolight said: May I ask which compact case you're planning to use? 8 HDDs in a min-ITX case sounds like a very difficult task to make it work. Or is it 6 HDDs + 2 SSDs? A Silverstone DS380
June 2, 20233 yr Hello JorgeB, I bought this card : https://www.amazon.fr/BEYIMEI-contrôleur-dextension-Adaptateur-Ordinateur/dp/B07PRRQ41J/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 It is a ASM1061, which is supposed to work with Unraid. After plug-in it (with one SSD attached), four drives (connected to the motherboard) went in error state, and one of these (non-pool drives) were "disabled" (following your advice, i ran a filesystem check and it is now rebuilding). I don't undertand why. I have 2 CGs (PCIe 3.0 x8 and x4) and one HBA LSI 9200-8i (PCIe 3.0 x2, if i understand well my ASRock X570S PG Riptide motherboard), and two PCIe 1x port are masked (because of CG), so only have one PCI 1x availaible. I thought it was a good option. Do you think i can try your "4 ports: Asmedia ASM1064 (PCIe 3.0 x1)" (like this one : https://www.amazon.fr/IO-Crest-ASMedia-Non-Raid-Support/dp/B08J2PK1HF), or i will have the same issue ? Thanks for your time, K.
June 3, 20233 yr Author 11 hours ago, Keichi said: After plug-in it (with one SSD attached), four drives (connected to the motherboard) went in error state That's strange, please start a new thread in the general support forum and attach the diagnostics (before rebooting).
June 3, 20233 yr Hello JorgeB, I did not start a new thread, because i knew you will ask for that. I forget to download the diagnostic before rebooting, so i don't know, sorry. Problems with unraid are unsual, I didn't have the reflex to download the diagnostics K.
June 3, 20233 yr Author 6 minutes ago, Keichi said: I didn't have the reflex to download the diagnostics If the emulated disk is mounting rebuild on top and if there are more issues start a thread with the diags.
June 3, 20233 yr Ok, thanks! Still 8hours in rebuild, i will see after. Or maybe try to replug the card after a full backup, if i can reproduce it and help the commonity. K.
June 6, 20233 yr Hi, I need an advice. I bought 16 wd red plus HDDs, 4 SSDs and a meshify 2 xl case which has space for all my drives in storage layout. I wanted to make a fast and very big HDD storage for my PC, using windows Storage Spaces in RAID10 mode with ReFS file system, but I soon found out that my 2 Adaptec 7805 raid controllers are HOT. Like, 115 C° in HBA mode. I can return it to Amazon because they also didn't had cables listed in their description, but now I need to pick another 2 8i raid or HBA/IT controllers. Ones that aren't super hot. Could you please recommend me a RAID/IT/HBA controller with 2 internal SAS ports (usually marked as 8i) which has a reasonable price and can work in a normal PC case with 6 fans on like 1000-1200 RPM staying at least under 100 C°?
June 7, 20233 yr Author 7 hours ago, Thatstoohot said: Could you please recommend me a RAID/IT/HBA controller with 2 internal SAS ports (usually marked as 8i) which has a reasonable price and can work in a normal PC case with 6 fans on like 1000-1200 RPM staying at least under 100 C°? Unless one of those fans is blowing air directly on the HBAs, like a side case fan, it likely won't be enough, these are server controllers that require a decent amount of airflow around them.
June 7, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, JorgeB said: Unless one of those fans is blowing air directly on the HBAs, like a side case fan, it likely won't be enough, these are server controllers that require a decent amount of airflow around them. I would give it a try. I will just add some active cooling if the controller you would recommend will overheat too.
June 7, 20233 yr Author 52 minutes ago, Thatstoohot said: the controller you would recommend LSI 9211-8i or 9300-8i
June 7, 20233 yr 17 hours ago, JorgeB said: LSI 9211-8i or 9300-8i Thank you. As 9300 supports pcie-3.0, I decided to take just one 9300-16i. It also seems to have a bigger heatsink, which is nice. Upd: bought it. Edited June 8, 20233 yr by Thatstoohot
June 12, 20233 yr Hey guys, so I'm in a bit of a pickle. So far, I've been using a Star Tech USB enclosure with 2 drives and an ITX board inside a fairly small case. I decided to switch to the CS381 (12 hot swappable drives), but I'll need 1 nvme slot and 2 additional SATA ports for 2 internal HDDs that I use as a backup for my really important data (like the Unraid Apps, VMs, etc). The 12 drives will contain movies, games (NAS for steam), etc. I haven't bought a motherboard bought, but I'm limited to DDR5 (already got a kit for free) and mATX. I was looking at Intel for the 13100 - I already have an Arc A380 that will occupy the x16 top slot. I have not bought a board yet, as I'm trying to max out the drives and not spend hundreds for no reason. After reading through most of this thread, I think I have figured out what my options are. Please correct me, if I'm wrong. a board with x16 slot and x16 slot running at x4 3.0, then get a 16 lane PCIE 3 SAS card in IT mode (16 ports will have bandwidth limits) get a board with x16 slot and 2x (reachable!) PCIe 3.0 x1 slots, fill both of those with ASM1166 cards (12 ports total, no bandwidth limit?) get a board with 3 m.2 slots and occupy 2, using m.2 to 5 SATA ASMedia adapters (14 ports total, no bandwidth limit) The internal ports would be used for my backup drives. Those drives would be mounted internally and not be part of my 12 hot swap drives. Am I understanding this correctly? Will the x16 SAS card even work in an x16 slot, if it's only operating at x4 speed? I don't know if all lanes need to be connected electrically. The only controller I can find is the 9300-16i (not 9305-16i), so I'm not sure it would even work. They already come flashed in IT mode and cost around 200€. Not exactly looking forward to it, but I think it might be a better choice than mixing different ASM1166 cards. Edited June 12, 20233 yr by Schaka
June 12, 20233 yr Author 1 hour ago, Schaka said: Will the x16 SAS card even work in an x16 slot, if it's only operating at x4 speed? It *should* work.
June 19, 20233 yr 11 hours ago, pras1011 said: Is the JMB582 similar to the JMB585? https://www.jmicron.com/products/list/15
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