With Googles new rules on unlimited drive space I think it's about time I just add hard drives to my system and have it all in house. I am currently looking at using Unraid for this. I have about 100Tb of data now. My system is below but I am wondering what SAS controller is recommended? I found a good deal on 8Tb 12GTb/s drives I can get for 99.00 each. So I am think 15 of those plus 2 10Tb drives for parity.  Just not sure on a controller. May also need a PSU upgrade.

 

Case - Rosewill RSV-L4500 - 15 Bays

Mobo - GA-7PESH 4

CPU - 2 of Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

RAM - 4x SK Hynix PC3-12800R DDR3 1600MHz ECC 16 x 16Gb = 256Gb

GPU -ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060

PSU - Cooler Master MWL 500

NVMe for Plex -  2 Tb Intel 660p - Runs Cloudbox mounts, Ubuntu, Plex DB

 

Recommended options would be a 16 port LSI HBA, or two 8 port LSIs, or one 8 port LSI plus a SAS expander.

10 hours ago, JorgeB said:

 

Thank you for responding. I'm not really familiar with all the controller types so wanted to ensure I got something that would work. Thinking of going with 2x LSI SAS9302-8i ServeRAID N2215 12Gbps SAS HBA P16 IT mode. Just have to watch hard drive prices now.

 

Thanks again!

7 minutes ago, Poore said:

SAS9302-8i

Don't know that model, probably an OEM version, but should be similar to the 9300-8i, and that's one of the recommended models.

Alright, I can get the 16port version cheaper then 2 8 port cards. LSI SAS 9300-16I 12GB/S HBA HOST BUS ADAPTER CARD 03-25600-01B LSI00447  https://www.ebay.com/itm/LSI-SAS-9300-16I-12GB-S-HBA-HOST-BUS-ADAPTER-CARD-03-25600-01B-LSI00447/184196257717?hash=item2ae2f3d7b5:g:hY8AAOSwxuBfKBIL

 

Would that be acceptable?

5 minutes ago, Poore said:

Would that be acceptable?

Yep, good option.