[8 port sata card for Windows 10]

again, thank everyone.

 

this is why a read alot before purchase... 

 

some people say these HP expanders run with 6Tb, 8Tb drives, others say no.

 

@Drashna:  nice card this RES3TV360, but is too much for my needs.   Well I have 3 sata ports to use, I can expand 3 hdds, so I will need more only in 2018.

 

thank!

[8 port sata card for Windows 10]

Hello

 

Thank everyone for the advices.

 

After some months of research, I purchased one Adaptec HBA 1000-8i,  this is a 12Gb SAS card with 8 port.  This card arrived today and is running now on my PLEX server with drivepool + snapraid.

 

This card have native windows 10 drivers, no issues to install, easy firmware update - im very satisfied.

 

Now Im looking for a SAS Expander - I saw the HP SAS Expander 24 port, really low cost (30 - 40 US dollars on ebay) - this will be my next buy.

 

For now I have 8 port on SAS card and 6 port on motherboard - with the SAS expander I can full my LIAN LI PCD8000.  

 

Thank

 

Alvaro

[8 port sata card for Windows 10]

Hello,

 

I need add a 8 port sata card on my plex server, im using Windows 10.

 

I looked at Supermicro card, but the product page dont say anything about Windows 10 drivers.

 

Anyone know a stable 8 port sata card, compatible with Windows 10  and with SMART support and allow drives save energy (stand by)? Im using StableBit DrivePool and Scanner.

 

I dont need RAID, just HBA.

 

I know about the M1015 cards and similars with same chip, but these card need firmware crossflash and I do not want to stay depending on whether an update works or not, I prefer a solution plug-and-play.

 

Any advice?

 

Thank

[New server - Lian Li PC-D-8000]

I downloaded the StableBit Scanner, will purschase very soon!  another great software.

 

Thank.

 

Alvaro

[New server - Lian Li PC-D-8000]

Hello,

 

Im a new user of Stablebit Drivepool - I come from FlexRaid, and I droped FlexRaid because the license is tied to the hardware... so when I build this new home server, my FlexRaid license cant be used on the new system - well, I dont like this because on the last 5 years I upgraded my home server a lot of times.

 

This change was a good step because I found Stablebit Drivepool and this amazing software give me more control over the pool.  

 

I use my home server for media streaming, using PlexApp.  My wireless network is 802.11ac and with this server I can stream full hd content to 4 devices at same time with no lag. Here we use PCs, Roku's and iPad as client of PlexApp.

 

I build this new server last week:

 

Case Lian Li PC-D-8000

Board ASUS Z87-A

Intel Core i5 4440 - stock fan

4Gb RAM

Power Supply Corsair CS750M

nVidia GeForce 210

WiFi PCI-E ASUS PCE-AC68 802.11ac 

Operating system disk Western Digital Blue 1Tb SATA 6Gb 

LG Blu-Ray Burner

6 x Corsair Air Series AF120-LED 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow LED Fan RED  (sides)

4 x Fractal Design 120mm FANS (rear)

AsRock Sata Card 2 Ports (with this card I have 8 sata ports on server)

 

At this moment the server have 5 x 3Tb Western Digital Green - WD30EZRX - but I lost the trust on this model.  From the 5 HDDs, the first one arrive dead - dont pass on SMART self test. After 5 months a second hdd show problems on read data and failure on SMART self test.  Five HDDs, 2 failures in 5 months. 

 

Last failure was 3 days ago - and StableBit DrivePool help me alot!  I just removed the disk from pool and DrivePool evacute all data to another disk - good feature.

 

Next month, I will replace the greens for 8 x 4Tb Western Digital RED. Im holding this upgrade, maybe the prices drop with the new 6Tbs HDDs coming.

 

I dont take pictures of all hardware and inside the case - but have pictures of my system:

 

 

 

More pictures on gallery:     http://postimg.org/gallery/1s3m38am/

 

Thank Stablebit for the great software!

 

Alvaro - Portugal