Poore Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Recommended options would be a 16 port LSI HBA, or two 8 port LSIs, or one 8 port LSI plus a SAS expander. Quote Link to comment
Poore Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 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! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
Poore Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Poore said: Would that be acceptable? Yep, good option. 1 Quote Link to comment
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