July 27, 2025Jul 27 Hey everyone, Currently I have 12 3.5 HDDs in my setup connected via 2x 9211-8i LSI cards. I have mounted a fan in the case to keep these cool as they seem to generate a fair amount of heat even when not under load. They also take quite a long time to initialize on boot.I stumbled across some M.2 to Sata expanders online (example - https://tinyurl.com/3ejchyas) and thought I would get a couple to test out on a spare pc. To my surprise, they actually seem to work quite well and post a lot quicker than the LSI cards.Just wondering, would there be any disadvantages to using these adapters for my setup as opposed to the current LSI cards? All I use my unraid server for is NAS storage. My docker and VMs run on a separate machine using proxmox.Thanks in advance :)
July 27, 2025Jul 27 Community Expert Solution 5 hours ago, ____rex said:Just wondering, would there be any disadvantages to using these adapters for my setup as opposed to the current LSI cards?With HDDs there shouldn't be any noticeable difference, and they will also use less power.
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