Hello,

 

I currently have an 8 bay desktop NAS. I want to transition to a rack based solution, however I am insanely restricted on depth - my rack will only take a 305mm deep enclosure.

 

The only ones I can find are 1u, and they will only take 2 disks. However, QNAP sell an expansion unit called TL-R400S, it takes 4 disks, and comes with a QXP PCIe card for connecting the enclosure using a SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644). 

 

Can I just use a different PCIe card and connect it to an app server running Unraid? I don't know much about HBA's at all, and I am not sure if the QNAP device will only play well with QNAP software (which I want to move away from).

 

Thanks,

Lux

TL-R400S was external SATA enclosure solutions, QXP PCIe card just a 4 port SATA controller card.

 

BTW, it should work will Unraid/Windows, even work with other HBA in SATA mode, rather pricing but plug and play.

 

TL-DxxxS seems cheaper a lot, just different form factor.

Edited November 21, 20214 yr by Vr2Io

On 11/21/2021 at 6:06 PM, S117 said:

Hello,

 

I currently have an 8 bay desktop NAS. I want to transition to a rack based solution, however I am insanely restricted on depth - my rack will only take a 305mm deep enclosure.

 

The only ones I can find are 1u, and they will only take 2 disks. However, QNAP sell an expansion unit called TL-R400S, it takes 4 disks, and comes with a QXP PCIe card for connecting the enclosure using a SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644). 

 

Can I just use a different PCIe card and connect it to an app server running Unraid? I don't know much about HBA's at all, and I am not sure if the QNAP device will only play well with QNAP software (which I want to move away from).

 

Thanks,

Lux

Did you ever en up giving the TL-R400S a go? I am interested to see if it worked