srut2000 Posted April 13, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 13, 2016 Hi my current xpenology nas motherboard only supports hard drives up to 2tb and i'am wondering what would be the best HDD controller add in card to bypass the limitations i want to run 2 wd red 4tb drives I've read lsi cards are pretty good but not sure which one would get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoID Posted April 13, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 13, 2016 I'm using LSI 9201-16i. Works out of the box using ESXi 6 in passthrough mode. So the XPenology VM has direct access to the drives and therefor stuff like SMART and such works out of the box. More info: http://www.avagotech.com/products/serve ... s-9201-16i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srut2000 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted April 14, 2016 Will this work on a physical install of xpenology no virtualization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srut2000 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted April 14, 2016 also is there anything cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoire Posted April 14, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 14, 2016 Will this work on a physical install of xpenology no virtualization Yes, any LSI card based on the SAS2000 or SAS3000 chips will work; effectively any 6G/12G SAS card will, but it needs to be in 'Initiator - Target' firmware mode for it to function properly. LSI 9211-8Is should be cheap on ebay, I picked mine up for around $120 USD a few years back. Be aware, that LSI does not play nice with drive numbering in storage manager if you have try and use the port numbering on the cards; it basically reads the hard disks as being plugged in based on spin up and not physical position. Insert the drives one at a time and it will be ok but plug them all in and turn the machine on will cause them to not align to the connected cables or physical bays depending on your chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srut2000 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted April 14, 2016 Ok is it okay if i just buy one 4tb drive and dont use any type of raid on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srut2000 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted April 14, 2016 and Initiator - Target mode means it mode right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted April 14, 2016 Share #8 Posted April 14, 2016 Ok is it okay if i just buy one 4tb drive and dont use any type of raid on it Yes, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoire Posted April 15, 2016 Share #9 Posted April 15, 2016 and Initiator - Target mode means it mode right? Yup, IT = Initiator - Target and 4TB drives can be used as just single disks without any form of raid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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