Hello,
I am a total newbie on using PCIe expansion cards, but I am in a position to use one now.
My motherboard has only 4 SATA ports and all of them are used. I am forced to use USB for booting and it gives me trouble about twice a year. I ordered a 256GB NVMe drive for booting my system from.
Unfortunately, my motherboard utilize one of the SATA ports if I am to insert a NVMe drive on it. In order to overcome this issue, I am willing to order this PCIe expansion card and move all my SATA drives on it.
I have following questions in my mind though:
1- Can I find this pre-flashed for FreeNAS PCIe card delivered not from China (because of virus problem)? That is for about same price of course.
2- I do not know what kind of cable(s) I need to buy. Any purchase links are welcome.
3- Do I need to take any additional steps before physically moving all my drives on this card? I do not know, maybe system will identify them as a different device name etc. I do not want to get myself into trouble.
Thanks & regards,
Ertan
I am a total newbie on using PCIe expansion cards, but I am in a position to use one now.
My motherboard has only 4 SATA ports and all of them are used. I am forced to use USB for booting and it gives me trouble about twice a year. I ordered a 256GB NVMe drive for booting my system from.
Unfortunately, my motherboard utilize one of the SATA ports if I am to insert a NVMe drive on it. In order to overcome this issue, I am willing to order this PCIe expansion card and move all my SATA drives on it.
I have following questions in my mind though:
1- Can I find this pre-flashed for FreeNAS PCIe card delivered not from China (because of virus problem)? That is for about same price of course.
2- I do not know what kind of cable(s) I need to buy. Any purchase links are welcome.
3- Do I need to take any additional steps before physically moving all my drives on this card? I do not know, maybe system will identify them as a different device name etc. I do not want to get myself into trouble.
Thanks & regards,
Ertan