Hi,

 

I am starting to build my first DIY NAS with unRaid and plan on ordering a SAS controller as i dont have enough sata slots on my mobo.

 

I was looking to order one of these:

 

http://www.amazon.com/PCI-Express-Controller-Components-Rocket-2720SGL/dp/B007EM7N98/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1423767384&sr=8-2&keywords=8+port+sas+card

 

http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-RocketRAID-2720SGL-8-Port-PCIe/dp/B0050SLTPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423766656&sr=8-1&keywords=8+port+sas+card

 

Can someone shed light as to if these work fine with unRaid? Also would i need some extra cables to hook them up with Sata HDD?

 

Thanks

I am not sure if those will work but another option is used M1015 or Dell Perc cars off of eBay. Flash to IT mode and known to work with unRaid.

Thing is that not all ebay sellers ship to my country and amazon does ship to my country. I did search this forum and read a few people have sucessfully used this card but those threads were atleast 2yrs old so wanted to confirm.

Check this out: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility#PCI_SATA_Controllers

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SuperMicro-AOC-SAS2LP-MV8-Eight-port-SAS-SATA-Adapter-FULL-WARRANTY-/220952882085?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3371d16ba5

 

 

Ships to:

Worldwide

 

Check this out: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility#PCI_SATA_Controllers

 

 

The compatibility list does actually have the RocketRaid 2720 listed, however the model i was gonna get was 2720SGL, i figure that should work fine as well?

 

The RocketRaid from amazon actually ships from Amazon itself so its guranteed to reach on time else they refund the shipping cost, where as supermicro ships from a individual seller. That is another plus point for me.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SuperMicro-AOC-SAS2LP-MV8-Eight-port-SAS-SATA-Adapter-FULL-WARRANTY-/220952882085?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3371d16ba5

 

 

Ships to:

Worldwide

 

 

This guy is actually quoting $150 for fedex ship to India. I got my Fractal Design node 804 shipped via DHL to India for less then that and that thing weighed around 6-8KG

This guy is actually quoting $150 for fedex ship to India. I got my Fractal Design node 804 shipped via DHL to India for less then that and that thing weighed around 6-8KG

 

Looks like Amazon is your best bet.

Should i go agead with the rocketraid 2720? I just want to be sure so i dont run into issues as i am very new to linux and would find it hard to fix errors or make it compatible.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SuperMicro-AOC-SAS2LP-MV8-Eight-port-SAS-SATA-Adapter-FULL-WARRANTY-/220952882085?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3371d16ba5

 

 

Ships to:

Worldwide

 

 

This guy is actually quoting $150 for fedex ship to India. I got my Fractal Design node 804 shipped via DHL to India for less then that and that thing weighed around 6-8KG

Oops... sorry. My bad, I didn't expect them to overcharge so shamelessly.

 

However, I personally still would steer away from RocketRaid 2720SGL I've read thru the links to forum from the hardware compatibility Wiki page, and it seems that it does have compatibility issues. Supermicro cards don't.

 

I would search eBay for used Supermicro cards. Supermicro AOCs are server-grade cards, they do last, so I wouldn't worry much about warranty. I have five of them, all bought used from eBay, all running strong. Seller of a used card might be more reasonable about overseas shipping.

I was able to find a few sellers on ebay selling LSI card, should i go for a LSI 9240? Could you suggest me easily available models from ebay?

I was able to find a few sellers on ebay selling LSI card, should i go for a LSI 9240? Could you suggest me easily available models from ebay?

If you asked me - sorry, I'm not familiar with LSI cards.

I was able to find a few sellers on ebay selling LSI card, should i go for a LSI 9240? Could you suggest me easily available models from ebay?

I'm using several LSI SAS cards successfully with unRAID:

 

- 9200

- 9207

- 9211

 

Both 4-port and 8-port versions, both internal ports and external ports (i.e. -4i, -8i, -4e, -8e).

 

They can be found on eBay, often as low as $100 if you're patient.

 

Right now I have a 9211-8i in my main server (16 x 4TB), here's one on eBay:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-IT-Mode-9211-8i-SAS-SATA-8-port-PCI-E-6Gb-RAID-Controller-Card-US-Seller-/291372888631

 

I got a 9240-4i not too long ago, but unRAID didn't see the drives that were connected to it (despite them being shown by the controller during the boot).

 

I can recommend LSI SAS 9201 16i, which is available in various port configs (internal+external) but key benefits are:

It's an HBA not a RAID card.

PCIe x8 (which will fit in any std PCIe x16 slot)

This version has 4x SAS adapters, which can also be used with 4way SAS-SATA fan-out cables (circa £10ea on Amazon)

Supports up to 512 SAS devices

Supports SATA III (6Gb/s) spec.

Supports large disks >8Tb disks

Costs ~ £330 

 

Hope this helps

Right now there are incredible deals on used 12 and 24 ports Areca cards on eBay you might want to look at.

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=38291.0

 

Description says "Ships to: United States" but you can always ask if seller will be willing to ship overseas.