HBA Card Help, so much research, lost even more.

[Kev_J]

I have been ordering parts for my unraid build as per attached sheet

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c5FI_2qW4fznxxz8uqTCs000TuujMdulPX6Abanc5-U/edit?usp=drivesdk

 

What I need help with (or if something is wrong on my list) is to identify what HBA card I should finish this build with. Plan is to run ZFS in two different pools with the 12 x 10GB HDDs and the 6 x 1.9TB SSDs in different pools.

The two 2TB NVME will be used as caches devices. Primary use is window and maybe a MAC VMs with pass through GPUs, but mainly as NAS system is first and foremost my goal. TrueNas may be on the table but moving into unraid, which should be good for this.

 

 

Thank you for your help.

[JorgeB]

Backplane has no expander, so you need 18SAS ports, get a 24 port LSI controller (e.g. 9305-24i) or one 16 port (9305-16i) and one 8 port (9300-8i), note that the SSDs need to support deterministic trim or trim won't with an LSI HBA.

[Kev_J]

Thanks JorgeB, after checking prices this is going to hurt the bank a bit with all the other stuff I have purchased already. I will probably have to do that in the end. Or another thing is try those SAS expander cards which for some reason have heaps more ports. Still might end costing the same.