SpaceInvaderOne Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hi, I am wanting to add 4 port sata card to my unraid. I am worried i will buy a card that isnt compatable so was hoping for some pointers. I dont want to spend alot of money on the card, but i would need it to not effect vt-d. I have thought of the Adaptec 1430SA http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adaptec-AAR-1430SA-4-x-SATA-II-PCIe-Raid-Controller-Card-/182081603383?hash=item2a64e8c737:g:l1AAAOSwGYVXA65e Would i be okay with this card or could anyone tell me of a better choice. Many thanks Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 This card is 100% compatible with UnRaid, I have several in my servers. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Syba-PCI-e-Controller-Profile-Brackets/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459903845&sr=8-1&keywords=iocrest+four+port+sata Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 It works great, just make sure it's using latest bios, needed for >2TB support. Quote Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 see also here for alternatives http://www.lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hardware_Compatibility&oldid=8957#PCI_SATA_Controllers Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 The 1430SA is a bit dated, but is still an excellent choice for a 4-port card. it is, of course, a PCIe x4 card, so be sure you have an available x4 (or larger) slot for it. Quote Link to comment
SpaceInvaderOne Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Thanks for the advise guys. @Ashman70 i was thinking of using that card you suggest but it has a Marvell 88SE9215 chipset. I have heard that Marvel chipsets can cause an issue with vt-d in unraid v6. Have you found this a problem when passing though hardware to a vm? Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I am using one of those cards in three of my servers, in the one that I have a windows 10 VM, the actual SSD that I have Windows 10 installed on is connected to one of those cards, so no issues for me. Quote Link to comment
CyberSkulls Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I have also used that Syba card as well as the version with the 4 ports on the back vs two in back and two on top. Worked fine. I'm now using a 10 port card by Ableconn (PEX10-SAT) and also have zero issues with them. I wasn't real excited about the speed of that 10 port card while doing parity checks then had to wake up and remember I only do them once a month so the speeds of these cards are insignificant. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
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