Chinese PCIE to SATA Adapter

[Viper87]

Anyone tried this:

13.14US $ 29% OFF|Sa3112j Pcie Adapter 12 Port Pci-express X1 To Sata 3.0 Expansion Card 6gbps High Speed Add On Card W/ Pci-e X4 X8 X16 - Add On Cards & Controller Panels - AliExpress

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Will this work with TrueNas ?

 

[Samuel Tai]

Multiply your problems with SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers

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 two, we’ve had a resurgence of users asking about SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers. Please, do NOT use...

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Save your money for a true HBA.

 

[Viper87]

OK, what's the cheapest controller with ~8 SATA you can recommend ? IDK what to look for

 

[Samuel Tai]

If you want something that is guaranteed to work for a long time, check out Art of Server's store on eBay. You can find IT-mode HBAs supporting 8 drives for around ~$70.

 

[Viper87]

I found cheap SAS Fujitsu D2616-A12 512MB , can i use it to hook up 8 sata drives with SAS to 4 SATA cable?

 

[Samuel Tai]

No, this is a RAID controller. You need an HBA.

What's all the noise about HBA's, and why can't I use a RAID controller?

This is relevant to FreeNAS and TrueNAS CORE. Some parts of it might also be relevant to Scale, but I don't really know how reliable the Linux drivers are. 1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with...

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[diogen]

OK, what's the cheapest controller with ~8 SATA you can recommend ?

I use the Dell H310 without issues. They are on eBay for about $25...
An IBM M1015 also works. Both LSI-based...