May 28, 20215 yr I have a Gen8 HP Microsever that only has a single low profile PCIe 2.0 x16 slot so I have to maximise its use. I don't know much about controller cards but what I'd really like is a card that is compatible with my Microserver and Unraid that has: Two M.2 slots for solid state drives Internal connections for two SATA drives (Nice to have) Some sort of external drive connector to add an external bay Does anything like this exist or am I asking too much? Thanks
May 28, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, writablevulture said: Two M.2 slots for solid state drives Internal connections for two SATA drives There are JMB585 controllers that can do that, they have 5 ports total, M.2 slots are SATA only:
May 28, 20215 yr Author That looks really good, thanks. If only one of those ports was available as an eSata port on the back it would be perfect. I have searched around based on that same chipset but found nothing.
May 28, 20215 yr Author I ordered one of these anyway and I may try and cut a hole in the bracket and expose one of the SATA ports there. It seems surprisingly cheap, I'll just have to see how it goes. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08RF1TS9W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
May 28, 20215 yr 42 minutes ago, writablevulture said: cut a hole in the bracket and expose one of the SATA ports there. https://www.newegg.ca/p/36M-015C-00064?Description=sata to esata&cm_re=sata_to esata-_-9SIAKE599Z9573-_-Product
May 28, 20215 yr Author @Squid, I only have a single slot in my Microserver and I don't believe that I could attach a cable/bracket, like the one in your link, to the card I have ordered. I'd be very happy to be shown to be wrong though! Edited May 28, 20215 yr by writablevulture
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