Hoping someone can please assist fairly quickly, so I can return this card.  As a gift, I got this Highpoint controller 2640 x1 sas/sata controller (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0289733) Updated bios, loaded a few new drives, and cant get unraid to recognize any one of them.  Not showing up in unmenu or anywhere else.  I tried setting the drives up as on JBOD and as inidividual disks, but to no avail.

 

Is this because it has SAS capability?  Ive been reading on here that SAS is not supported yet.  FWIW, I only have Sata drives connected, though I do have a SAS drive as well if indeed it is supported. 

 

Should I get this card instead?  Essentially the same card, but only for Sata - the Highpoint 2300  (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0240014)

 

Will need to return this today if I am going to do it at all.  Hopefully, one of the many experienced gurus out there will chime in....

 

Thanks

 

Wow, those cards are unbelievably expensive for how unRAID will use them. Your best bet is to use the store credit for something else and buy a SuperMicro 8-drive 4 lane PCI-Express from elsewhere.

Goodness, thank god I asked.  The store has a rep for being a little on the high side, but not as much as you imply. 

 

Ok, I will for sure do that.  Thanks for the heads up - very much appreciated. 

 

I actually no clue that this was on the high side.  But thats good to know.

 

So, SuperMicro 8-drive 4 lane.  Good performance, I take it.  Thanks again.

 

 

Would this one be OK to get? Definitely cheaper.

 

http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/ccp74443--supermicro-aoc-saslp-mv8-8-port-sas-sata-add-on--aoc-saslp-mv8-consupaocs1r.htm

Would this one be OK to get? Definitely cheaper.

 

http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/ccp74443--supermicro-aoc-saslp-mv8-8-port-sas-sata-add-on--aoc-saslp-mv8-consupaocs1r.htm

 

Yes, support for that card is pretty much the sole reason for the release of unRAID version 4.5.3.

 

$119 is a fair price for that card, but I think I have seen it closer to $100 before ($105 maybe), so shop around a bit.  Keep in mind that you will need to buy separate breakout cables, they don't come with it.  The cables generally run $20-$30.

Goodness, thank god I asked.  The store has a rep for being a little on the high side, but not as much as you imply.

 

It's not that the store is expensive for those items. It's the fact that those are typical RAID cards. Typical RAID cards always cost more than SATA cards. For unRAID, all that is needed are SATA ports.

 

As for price comparison, $185 for the first card vs $80-$100 for the Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8.

Returned without any issues.  Going to look around for the aforementioned card.  Appreciate the quick response and the help, fellas  - brit and rajahal.