sata expansion card

[superloopy1]

Hi ... i'm maxing out on the 6 onboard sata ports on my SM X38SIA-F board (old i know) and need an expansion card. But, being a complete IT illiterate, i've no idea what unRaid or the board will allow?

 

A quick spec of the board shows available slots as  ' 3 (x8) PCI-E 2.0 (1 in x16 slot),  1 (x4) PCI-E 2.0 (using x8 slot),   2 (x1) PCI-E ' ... none of which are in use but which is best to use and why?

 

I can see me needing to add an extra 4-6 drives (seagate 4Tb nas).

 

Any help appreciated,

[JorgeB]

Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed.

[superloopy1]

Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed.

Will this do?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132056138742



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[JorgeB]

Yes, though I prefer buying used server pulls instead of possibly fake new ones from China.

[superloopy1]

Point taken.

 

Would these cables be whats needed alongside a card?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/StarTech-com-Internal-Serial-Attached-SCSI-Mini-SAS-Cable-SFF8087-to-4x-SFF8482/380927681504?epid=175909275&hash=item58b10f23e0:g:gwwAAOSwDk5UJSOf

[JorgeB]

Assuming you have SATA disks no, you need SFF8087 to SATA forward breaking cables.