Hi!

Recently dug out my old HP ProLiant N40L Microserver from storage. Updated to 6.8.3 and flashed the BIOS. I can't remember doing it but I had bought a 2-port SATA PCIE card because it was in the box. I've since learned in another thread that this card will be slow and a bottle neck.

 

Question now is, does anyone know of a card that offers 4 ports of SATA 3, that will fit and work with my N40L and unraid? 

 

I'm really a beginner with all this and trying to learn as much as possible, but please talk to me like I'm a dum dum... 😂 

 

This is what the backside looks like.

 

Look for a JMB585 5 port SATA controller, it's PCIe x4 so you'll need to use the x16 slot, that's fine unless you need it for something else.

Thanks! Like this one?  Adwits PCIe 3.0 4x to 5-Port SATA III 6Gpbs PCI Express Storage Expansion Card with Jmicro JMB585 Controller, Support Software RAID AHCI for Desktop PC Server NAS DVR -Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07X21J35K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RqZEEb8EXPP41 Have you tried it?

Yes, that should be fine, though if you can get one from a more wll known brand, like SYBA/IO CREST

 

https://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1027

 

 

I bought the Adwits card from Amazon and it runs perfect, didn’t have to do anything in BIOS. I now run the two 3,5” drives in the ODD bay and the SSD in the space below the ODD bay on the card and they all run with SATA III. I’m satisfied!

Similar situation but getting a Microserver Gen10+ - want to run an internal NVME and eSATA USB harddrive enclosure - based on Marvel being bad would this work for the cache and to make one eSATA port - IOCrest SI-PEX50069 M.2 NGFF SDD + SATA III Port PCIe x1 Controller Card

https://www.amazon.ca/IOCrest-SI-PEX50069-NGFF-SATA-Controller/dp/B00O1AEKFQ/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=io+crest+pcie+nvme&qid=1597939548&sr=8-14

14 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

based on Marvel being bad would this work for the cache and to make one eSATA port

Looks like that is also Marvell

2 minutes ago, trurl said:

Looks like that is also Marvell

It is, though the Marvell 9215 usually works better than the 9230, still not recommended.

What about this one 

SI-PEX40138

https://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1027

13 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

What about this one 

That one is fine, I have a couple of those.

Thank you - Looks limited on the M2 port though - trying to see what NVME are supported - looks like the one I was going to get is a 2280

 

32 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

Looks limited on the M2 port though

There's no m.2 on that model, just 5 SATA ports.

33 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

Looks limited on the M2 port though

Also have this one, same chipset, it supports 5 SATA devices total (not NVMe), m.2 or regular SATA ports using the bundled adapters:

https://www.amazon.it/PCI-Adapter-Card-JMB585-chipset/dp/B087613YTK/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_it_IT=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=jmb585&qid=1597944207&sr=8-7

Hmmm - I only have one PCIe slot and was looking for something to do a WD Black SN750 M.2 2280 and really just one SATA port I can covert to eSATA to use a Media ProBox I have - if I had to choose would pick a supported M.2 card and can do USB on the hard drive enclosure. 

But the SATA needs to support Multi device.   

5 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

can do USB on the hard drive enclosure. 

USB not recommended for array or pool disks.

7 minutes ago, cdnboy said:

I only have one PCIe slot and was looking for something to do a WD Black SN750 M.2 2280

Difficult (if not impossible) to find NVMe + one SATA in the same controller, there are dual NVMe + SATA m.2 adapters, but the SATA m.2  requires an available SATA port on the board or other controller.

I'm so confused - so I have a WD Black or Samsung EVO I would like to use on the HP Microserver Gen 10+.  There is only one PCIe Slot and needs to be low profile.   I would just be happy to have that working with 4 disks in the server.   I think they are NVME cards

 

Then you just need an NVMe pcie adapter.

hi guys.

i would like to have some more SATA ports on my N54L server. in another post i wrote about using the eSATA-SATA port to add a new internal hdd (maybe for os). the internal PCIe slot card could add a lot more ports. just 2!

I'm looking this card -- > https://tinyl.io/3GAq  and this more -- >  https://tinyl.io/3GAw. what do you think, will it work? do you have any advice?

here is my hardware -- > https://tinyl.io/3GAr

thanks.

 

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Edited January 6, 20215 yr by oradicena

1 hour ago, oradicena said:

hi guys.

i would like to have some more SATA ports on my N54L server. in another post i wrote about using the eSATA-SATA port to add a new internal hdd (maybe for os). the internal PCIe slot card could add a lot more ports. just 2!

I'm looking this card -- > https://tinyl.io/3GAq  and this more -- >  https://tinyl.io/3GAw. what do you think, will it work? do you have any advice?

here is my hardware -- > https://tinyl.io/3GAr

thanks.

 

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Like I said in the other thread, I’ve got this card in my N40L and have had it working for almost a year without a problem. 

yes I read other post, but there I ask for the cable, here for the internal pci-e card. the one you showed is very nice and especially good, but I don't want to spend so much money!
The one I try on Amazon has just two SATA ports, I don't need more.

 

question: do you think it will work properly?

 

ps. the bios of my server is original, can this be a problem?

 

thanks 

14 minutes ago, oradicena said:

yes I read other post, but there I ask for the cable, here for the internal pci-e card. the one you showed is very nice and especially good, but I don't want to spend so much money!
The one I try on Amazon has just two SATA ports, I don't need more.

 

question: do you think it will work properly?

 

ps. the bios of my server is original, can this be a problem?

 

thanks 

I don't know if it will work. Since you run WHS and not unRAID. I only read that unRAID has problems with some chipsets in these cards, no idea with Windows.

 

Read more about BIOS here: https://n40l.fandom.com/wiki/Bios

👍 thanks