Daniel-san
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- Jun 25, 2012
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Hi Guys
I'm Building a new FreeNas box; and I need information on sata controllers.
I will most likely be building this on a desktop motherboard.
I currently have 8x 2GB Harddrive in my Windows HomeServer that I'll be reusing.
from my research on here, I'll be needing 16GB of Ram for my 16TB config; with that being said, I need a new mobo, cpu and Ram. (haven't bought anything yet)
searching for motherboards (new and used), I'm not finding many with 8 sata ports. and if I do; they're not all 6gb/s, most will be 4x3gb/s + 2x6gb/s
so my questions are:
1) do I need 6gb/s transfer rate or will 3gb/s suffice ?
2) if I can't find a mobo with 8 ports, what PCI-E Raid controller card is recommended for a home setup ?
my goal here, is best bang for the buck, I'll be buying a new board and CPU along with 16Gb of Ram. I want to buy the right controller card to match my new gear (without breaking the bank)
can someone help me out ?
if I can get away with it, I'd prefer not purchasing a controller card, but with 8 drives.. it looks like I have no choice.
Thanks!
I'm Building a new FreeNas box; and I need information on sata controllers.
I will most likely be building this on a desktop motherboard.
I currently have 8x 2GB Harddrive in my Windows HomeServer that I'll be reusing.
from my research on here, I'll be needing 16GB of Ram for my 16TB config; with that being said, I need a new mobo, cpu and Ram. (haven't bought anything yet)
searching for motherboards (new and used), I'm not finding many with 8 sata ports. and if I do; they're not all 6gb/s, most will be 4x3gb/s + 2x6gb/s
so my questions are:
1) do I need 6gb/s transfer rate or will 3gb/s suffice ?
2) if I can't find a mobo with 8 ports, what PCI-E Raid controller card is recommended for a home setup ?
my goal here, is best bang for the buck, I'll be buying a new board and CPU along with 16Gb of Ram. I want to buy the right controller card to match my new gear (without breaking the bank)
can someone help me out ?
if I can get away with it, I'd prefer not purchasing a controller card, but with 8 drives.. it looks like I have no choice.
Thanks!