Hostilian Posted August 13, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 13, 2017 Hi all I am looking at expanding a test 'server' I have and adding a Sata3 controller card. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any please? Needs to be PCIe 2.0 or above and I guess x4 would be preferable.. I guess it depends on the number of ports - I'd need 2 minimum (no more than 4).. The main reason I'm asking if for compatibility with DSM6.1.3.. Yes, they need to work without issues - and preferably no extra drivers required.. Oh, they also need to be cheap - and I would be running normal disks. Not SSDs (for now, anyway).. Anyone tried the Syba or CSL controller cards on Amazon for under £20? Cheers, #H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hostilian Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted August 13, 2017 Can't see an edit button so should say that it's a Bare Metal install - not in ESXi.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted August 13, 2017 Share #3 Posted August 13, 2017 I'm using this syba one on 6.0 and 6.1 works ok, I think both use the standard marvell drivers included in the builds. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AZ9T3OU?tag=opr-mkt-opr-uk-21&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-ubp00-def00-other-nomod-uk000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4&th=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hostilian Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted August 13, 2017 How many drives do you have connected as I think that one has a bottleneck of 250MB/sec.. Think there is a PCIe 2.0 one (on same page) for a few quid extra.. So will have a look at that! Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted August 14, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 14, 2017 4 drives connected, not noticed a bottleneck with 7200rpm drives, might happen with ssd's though so if you can get a faster one for later updates probably a good plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hostilian Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted August 15, 2017 Ordered this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AZ9T41M?tag=opr-mkt-opr-uk-21&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-ubp00-def00-other-nomod-uk000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4&th=1 Arrived yesterday, put it into my NAS today.. It just worked. No need to change anything! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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