StarTech.com 2 Port SATA

[Greygoose]

Does this work with unraid

 

StarTech.com 2 Port SATA

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Adapters/StarTech-com-Port-SATA-Express-Controller/B003GS8VA4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1492178732&sr=8-5&keywords=sata+card

[Squid]

Yes (I have one).  But, some combination of hardware may give you a recurring 5 parity errors on every check (mine doesn't)

[Greygoose]

Just now, Squid said:

Yes (I have one).  But, some combination of hardware may give you a recurring 5 parity errors on every check (mine doesn't)

 

Thanks for the quick reply Squid.

 

Anything i must do to get working, simply plugin and that it?

[Squid]

Just now, Greygoose said:

Anything i must do to get working, simply plugin and that it?

You should also screw the bracket down to the case.    But yeah its plug and play

[Greygoose]

1 minute ago, Squid said:

You should also screw the bracket down to the case.    But yeah its plug and play

 

does bluetac count?

 

thanks mate

[Greygoose]

I still cant get the HDD to show up in UNRAID.

 

The HDD shows up on boot and when i enter the startech bios (ctrl +M) but not in unraid?

[JorgeB]

Maybe this?

 

 

[Greygoose]

Hi Johnnie,

 

That does sound like the issue,.

 

Squid has this card working, but also mentions its compatibility with certain hardware.

 

I can return the card, is there a recommended 4 port Sata card?

 

 

[JorgeB]

2 minutes ago, Greygoose said:

is there a recommended 4 port Sata card?

 

Not really, if it's for HDDs only you can buy on ebay the Adaptec 1430SA, older sata2 model but still works great, the Startech is 2 port, if that is enough get one with an Asmedia chipset instead, e.g.:

 

https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Port-PCI-Express-SY-PEX40039/dp/B005B0A6ZS

 

 

[Greygoose]

Amazon UK has these

 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Syba-Marvell-HyperDuo-Support-Brackets/dp/B005B0A6ZS/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1492340581&sr=8-13&keywords=sata%2Bcard&th=1

• ASM1061 Chipset

 

[JorgeB]

That one will work.

[Greygoose]

Thanks

[Greygoose]

I have looked through the options for SATA cards.

 

So pretty much all Marvell Sata cards wont work with Vitalization turned on ?

[JorgeB]

3 minutes ago, Greygoose said:

So pretty much all Marvell Sata cards wont work with Vitalization turned on ?

 

Most wont work, sometimes it works with the workaround posted on the linked thread, this is why ATM there's not a recommended 4 port card, since most are Marvell.

 

For 2 ports use Asmedia, for 8 ports go for LSI, there are also 4 port LSI but usually cost almost the same as an 8 port.

[Greygoose]

1 hour ago, johnnie.black said:

 

Most wont work, sometimes it works with the workaround posted on the linked thread, this is why ATM there's not a recommended 4 port card, since most are Marvell.

 

For 2 ports use Asmedia, for 8 ports go for LSI, there are also 4 port LSI but usually cost almost the same as an 8 port.

 

Thank you.

 

The 8 Port LSI is too expensive,.

 

This is the cheapest 2 port i can find

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-PCI-Express-Controller-interface-internal/dp/B00UVJI3IQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1492348598&sr=1-1&keywords=2+port+Asmedia

• Model type: CSL SATA III PCIe card 2.0 Controller/interface card for SATA III / eSATA III (SSD+HDD drives)
• Interface: PCI-Express 2.0 / chip set: ASMEDIA ASM1061

[miniwalks]

 
Thank you.
 
The 8 Port LSI is too expensive,.
 
This is the cheapest 2 port i can find
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-PCI-Express-Controller-interface-internal/dp/B00UVJI3IQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1492348598&sr=1-1&keywords=2+port+Asmedia

• Model type: CSL SATA III PCIe card 2.0 Controller/interface card for SATA III / eSATA III (SSD+HDD drives)
• Interface: PCI-Express 2.0 / chip set: ASMEDIA ASM1061

That will limit you pretty badly, I would recommend stretching out the budget a bit and getting a M1015 and cross flashing it to IT firmware.

They're $64USD for an 8port which is rock solid


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[Greygoose]

18 hours ago, miniwalks said:

 

That will limit you pretty badly, I would recommend stretching out the budget a bit and getting a M1015 and cross flashing it to IT firmware.

They're $64USD for an 8port which is rock solid


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This?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LSI-9240-8i-8-port-SAS-SATA-LSI00200-Server-RAID-Controller-Card-IBM-M1015-/262312323272?hash=item3d130868c8:g:3H4AAOSwQYZW077-

 

thanks for the reply

[miniwalks]

Yep
The IBM M1015 and the Dell H200 and Dell H310 are all basically the same LSI card under the OEM cover.

Just pick which one suits the port layouts you like more. And make sure you buy some SFF-8087 to Sata breakout cables (each cable does 4 drives) and you'll be laughing

There's several guides on the internet on how to flash the card to LSI IT mode, which will put it into passthrough where the disks will be seen natively by the OS rather than needing annoying single disk raids

Only other caveat is some motherboards don't like booting with the card installed, as it detects as a non server board, personally I haven't had this happen, some guys with SuperMicro mobo's have, but if this happens, don't stress, google for the M1015/H200/H310 pin blockoff - whereby you use electrical tape to block 2 pins on the card to stop the detection and all will be happy


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