Hello all! So i just found this during moving: https://content.section9.me/im/tnf/sata_card.jpg(image larger than 4 MB) Aside from the bandwidth issues (use case not affected by it, small SSD array for less speed sensitive VM’s to take off some of the load from the main arr…

[image] Multiply your problems with SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers Resources This resource was originally created by user: jgreco on the TrueNAS Community Forums Archive. Please DM this account or comment in this thread to claim it. In the last year or t…

[image] jagdtigger: i dont even know if a sas expander will work with SATA devices Edited to clarify because I didn’t like my original wording: SATA drives work on SAS controllers. SAS drives do NOT work on SATA controllers. And of course, SATA & SAS drives will both work with their own resp…

Thanks for the info, shouldve started with taking off the heatsink. Looks like this is the card i have (SU-SA3006.V1 so google can find this more easily): [image] Several doubts about a PCIe SATA Controller Card Hello everybody. I need to know if I could to attach 6 x 4 Tb 3.5'' drives…

My issue is as i mentioned in my post i moved and my NAS is fresh outta free sata ports (extended the storage for vm system disks with an extra vdev) but im practically dead broke ATM (the house where i moved in was in a partial-complete stage with working heating, windows, and entrance door, totall…

[image] jagdtigger: If so i might hook it up and hammer it to see if it can take it or not I wouldnt. These cards are known to work ok for a while and then suddenly corrupt the pool. You will not see it coming.

Guess ill have to drop the plans until 2025 then. Do these things have any sort of use-case where it can work reliably or should i just toss it in the recycling bin?

They can be usefull on a non raid type system. Or at least non-ZFS. But they are made to be as cheap as possible, so i wouldnt trust any data going through them. If you are short on cash: [image] Fleshmauler: Lotta cheap LSI HBAs for $15-30 USD on ebay

Ill keep that in mind, “use only for replaceable data” (in other words games/programs :smiley: )… Thanks for the help @Farout and @Fleshmauler .

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