What is a good SATA Expansion Card?

[Abusinq]

Hi, I'm new to this stuff, and started using unRAID less than a month ago. I was wondering if anyone knows a reliable expansion card that I could get at least 4 ports out of. I only have two ports on my motherboard.

 

The card that I found was: https://www.amazon.com/SAS9211-8I-8PORT-Int-Sata-Pcie/dp/B002RL8I7M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=9210-8i&qid=1592120818&s=electronics&sr=1-2

 

Would that work on unRAID, and are there any cheaper options?

 

Current Specs:

CPU: Intel Pentium e5800

Memory: 6GB (6048mb) DDR3

PSU: 300w unbranded

PCIe 2.0 Slot 1: 1gb network ethernet card

PCIe 2.0 Slot 2: (Expansion Card eventually)

Storage:

  Boot Drive: 16gb flash drive

  HHD: 160gb

Future plan for storage:

HHD's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: WL 4TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s HHD

SSD1 (Cache Drive): SanDisk Ultra 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD

 

 

If there is any ideas you have to help me find the right components, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Note: This NAS is specifically used for archival data (Pictures and Videos) ranging anywhere from 1 megabyte to 5 gigabytes, and uploaded as frequent as daily.

[JorgeB]

The LSI is a good option, just make sure it's flashed to IT mode.

[Abusinq]

12 minutes ago, johnnie.black said:

The LSI is a good option, just make sure it's flashed to IT mode.

How exactly would you do that? Sorry, Im new to this stuff.

Thanks!

[meep]

Check out Art of server on ebay

 

That guy supplies genuine cards, pre flashed to IT mode. It’s also worth checking out his YouTube channel as he’s got tons of info there.

 

 

[isvein]

On 6/21/2020 at 3:44 PM, meep said:

Check out Art of server on ebay

 

That guy supplies genuine cards, pre flashed to IT mode. It’s also worth checking out his YouTube channel as he’s got tons of info there.

 

 

Thanks Now I finally got me ordered one too