Additional Sata Pcie Expan Card in DSM7

[pedroj666]

Hi all

 

I'm a complete noob in these matters and that's why I come here to this great Xpenlology community to ask for help!

 

I built a Nas using an "ASUS J1800I-C CELERON J1800" motherboard which is very old and only has 2 SATA II ports. I need to install 2 more disks but as this board doesn't have more sata ports available I thought of using a sata pcie expansion card.

Is there any sata pcie expansion card that works perfectly on DSM7 and that is compatible with mine motherboard that only has 1 single PCIe 2.0 x1 connection that you can recommend me?

 

Thanks.

Edited May 26, 2023 by pedroj666

[dj_nsk]

В 26.05.2023 в 22:11, pedroj666 сказал:

Is there any sata pcie expansion card that works perfectly on DSM7 and that is compatible with mine motherboard that only has 1 single PCIe 2.0 x1 connection that you can recommend me?

My for example: https://www.exegate.com/catalogue/controller/satacontrols/ex283710.html

[pedroj666]

20 hours ago, dj_nsk said:

My for example: https://www.exegate.com/catalogue/controller/satacontrols/ex283710.html

 

Thanks for sharing.

Do you currently use that Sata PCIe Expan Card in your Nas? And does it work well on DSM7?

[dj_nsk]

1 минуту назад, pedroj666 сказал:

Do you currently use that Sata PCIe Expan Card in your Nas? And does it work well on DSM7?

yes, it's excellent (see in my signature - it is 88SE9215 chip)

[pedroj666]

 

I ended up buying this adapter instead of the one recommended above because it takes advantage of the free mini pci-e connector that is intended for the Wi-Fi&BT module.

 

It's cheaper and since I only need 2 more Sata ports, it fulfills all my requirements.

Also, using that connection destined for wi-fi&BT for the purpose of adding more SATA ports frees up the only PCIe 2.0 x1 connection that my board has available.