March 22, 20242 yr I just purchased unraid and want to use it on a new build. I want to try out those Aliexpress boards that have lots of sata ports and power efficiency. My uses are simple, mainly file transfer, backups, syncing. The guide I'm following is from Youtube. The board I want to use is this one. However, the comments he states the SATA chip must say "ASMedia" The board I've found says it uses JMB585. I don't know much about Sata controllers and unraid. But which chip should I opt for?
April 9, 20242 yr Here is the list of approved controllers. JMB585 and Asmedia are both on the approved list. Just be sure they do not use port multipliers. So a JMB585 should be a 5 port card and an Asmedia ASM 1166 is a 6 port. Both chipsets should work well.
April 9, 20242 yr On 3/22/2024 at 11:31 PM, Ayouby said: I want to try out those Aliexpress boards As mentioned, be carefull with this cheap Controllers. If unraid is doing "importand" things, use qualified controllers or HBAs 👍
April 9, 20242 yr While the N5105 is a very capable low per CPU, the N100 seems to be a better option overall for Unraid. I am currently testing various Asmedia, and JMicron controllers. The JMB585 is a great controller, and so far in my testing works very well, it is a PCIe Gen 3x2 bridge which converts to 5 SATA III ports. Regardless of the hate people give to multiplexers/port multipliers, I am also next going to be testing stacked multiplexers/port multipliers combined with the JMB585. If done properly, paying attention to bandwidth and limits, they can be used in a very usable array configuration that will be able to outperform physical spinning hard drives. Specifically I am going to be testing with the JMB575, 1 SATA port in (host) to 5 SATA ports, all SATA III 6Gb/s capable.
December 2, 20241 yr Sorry to jump onto an old thread, I have run out of SATA ports and I am looking to expand using a port multiplier PCIe to SATA card. I have a PCIe Gen 4 x4 port available and I am looking at 2 cards. Card 1 is a 8 port extender with JMB575 and JMB1064 chipset. Card 2 is a 6 port extender with ASM1166 chipset. Which one would have better compatibility with unraid ?
December 2, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Utsav Agarwal said: Card 1 is a 8 port extender with JMB575 and JMB1064 chipset. Avoid controllers with a SATA port multiplier like this one. 2 hours ago, Utsav Agarwal said: Card 2 is a 6 port extender with ASM1166 chipset. This one is fine.
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