JorgeB Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 7 hours ago, RadRom said: any of these HBA330 LSI9300-8i cards flashed in IT mode with latest firmware are preferred? Not familiar with the h330 but if it can be flashed to LSI 9300-8i then yes, it would be preferable. 1 Quote Link to comment
RadRom Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, JorgeB said: Not familiar with the h330 but if it can be flashed to LSI 9300-8i then yes, it would be preferable. Good point, thank you 🙂 Quote Link to comment
RadRom Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 What is the difference between the Dell HBA330 04Y5H1 and the Dell HBA330 J7TNV cards please? Sorry for the dumb Q... Thankyou 🙂 Quote Link to comment
RadRom Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 3:03 PM, RadRom said: What is the difference between the Dell HBA330 04Y5H1 and the Dell HBA330 J7TNV cards please? Sorry for the dumb Q... Thankyou 🙂 Found the answer finally... 04Y5H1 is MegaRAID and J7TNV is IT Mode. For others also researching, I found this Art Of Server YT video very helpful explaining controller cards and what is what. 1 Quote Link to comment
Devlish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, Devlish said: Will this work ? Yep. Quote Link to comment
Devlish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 49 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Yep. Thx for the quick help Quote Link to comment
Pera78 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Ethnod Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by Hoopster Quote Link to comment
Underberg Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by Underberg Silly spelling.. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lolight Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by Lolight Quote Link to comment
Underberg Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 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 1 Quote Link to comment
Keichi Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 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). Quote Link to comment
Keichi Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Keichi Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Thatstoohot Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 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°? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Thatstoohot Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, Thatstoohot said: the controller you would recommend LSI 9211-8i or 9300-8i 1 Quote Link to comment
Thatstoohot Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by Thatstoohot Quote Link to comment
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