writablevulture Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 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: Quote Link to comment
writablevulture Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment
writablevulture Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment
writablevulture Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) @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, 2021 by writablevulture Quote Link to comment
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