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wow this is great! Thanks for all the options and responses everyone. I will do some research and reading on all your opinions and suggestions. Thank you so much for your help.

Thank you for the advice and search results. Did you have to enable the "UnsafeDirectIO" to get the card to pass smart data to Stablebit Scanner? Or did it just work out of the box? Glad to see we are on the same page for hardware. Thank you for your recommended hardware links. Since this server will be supporting multiple roles at the same time I want it to be as stable as possible, hence the ECC ram. I will search the forums regarding the "UnsafeDirectIO" setting to review the pros or cons of enabling this feature.

Greetings! I have been using both of you products on a WHS 2011 for awhile and would like to build a new server. I would like the server to perform the following duties. OS: Windows 7 64bit FTP Server Plex Server Media Center DVR using Silicon Dust HD Home Run Prime Minecraft Server Cubeworld Server 1 256GB OS Drive Samsung 840 Pro (Purchased) 15 3TB Storage Pool (Purchased) Hardware Chosen so far, or re-purposed for new Server. Super Micro MBD-X10SAT-O http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182830R Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 3.3Ghz 8MB L3 Cach LGA 1150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116906 Rosewill RSV-L4500 Case (Purchased) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147164 ECC Memory not chosen Seasonic X-model SS-1250XMA (Purchased) http://www.upgrademicro.com/Components/Power-Supply/Desktop_/Seasonic-X-1250-1250W-80Plus-Gold-EPS12V-ATX12V-Power-Supply So here is where I would like some feed back. The motherboard has a Intel C226 Express PCH chipset. How is Stablebit's compatibility with this chipset? Will Stablebit scanner be able to read all the S.M.A.R.T data from it? My second question is since the case I have chosen/re-purposed can accommodate 15 3.5 drives I will need a JBOD SAS card. I would also like this card to be able to read the S.M.A.R.T data. I am not interested in flashing any cards. I just want the most compatible SAS card with the ability to control at least 8 SATA drives. I plan on upgrading the case to a Norco RPC-4224 with 24 SATA/SAS drives, or something similar as I add drives to this server. I hope that this community can give me some advice as how to proceed. Looking forward to your suggestions.