davemoreton Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Hi Guys, First post in the unraid forum so hello to eveyone Pretty new to unraid, had it about 5 months now and loving it! I have a couple of questions. My server is filling up fast, not so much of an issue. Brought a new case to take more hard drives as my current one is full. I will also need to buy something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BEYIMEI-Controller-Expansion-Profile-Extension/dp/B09K5HPSBX/ref=sr_1_34_sspa?crid=3C4X2YGG3CIU8&keywords=sata%2Bcard&qid=1640259859&sprefix=sata%2Bcard%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-34-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzU0xKSFIxMzA0WU83JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDQzMzkyM1FWUTIzVTdYTlk1MiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzU4NTYwMkUzVUZJQlRKUEZJQSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0Zl9uZXh0JmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1 My questions are, if I put this card in and change the current drives that are just on the motherboard to the PCIE card. Will unraid detect them in the same form? Will I need to do anything? Secondly, if this card fails later on, could I just pop another PCIE card in and it run like normal? Thanks and Happy Christmas! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, davemoreton said: Will unraid detect them in the same form? Will I need to do anything? Secondly, if this card fails later on, could I just pop another PCIE card in and it run like normal? Yes to both questions, but that controller is a bad option for Unraid, it uses SATA port multipliers and has very limited bandwidth, see here for a list of recommended options: Quote Link to comment
davemoreton Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 Ok, thanks for your help. I'm gonna have a look later, ideally I need a 16 port card so going to need something like the LSI 9201-16i Thanks again! Quote Link to comment
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