November 25, 20232 yr So, I've (slowly) started to put together my new Unraid server and I'm not sure what the best approach will be. Long story, short... I have the following components: - i7 7700K - GA Z270M D3H (6SATA ports) with 16GB RAM - 2TB Adata Legend 800 NVME (that I plan to use as cache) - (for now) 4 x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf PRO HDDs - I say "for now" as I plan to extend these and get 8 or 10 HDDs in total - case (Node 804) and 600W Seasonic Gold PSU Now, I have also ordered a Dell LSA 9207i controller to be able to extend the 6 SATA ports from the MB. Is that OK to mix the usage of SATA ports from the MB and the LSA controller? I'm asking that because I read various conflicting info - some say it's fine to mix (4 HDDs on MB and 6 HDDs on LSA) while others say that's better to run all disks from similar controllers... the last approach would mean I'd have to buy another LSA controller if I want to have more than 8 HDDs in my array (I only want 1 array with 1 parity disk)! Thanks a lot! Edited November 25, 20232 yr by netall
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