Irgendjemand5
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Hello I’m building my first NAS so I’m somewhat inexperienced.
Asus P5P43TD PRO (6sata, 1esata, USB 2.0) that's what I have. Don’t have money to spend.
8GB Ram,
4 core CPU
core 2 quad Q9400
I want to use
- 3 mirrored drives: 2 old 2TB WD red + 2TB 870 EVO ssd (this should be for data I absolutely don’t want to lose.)
- Raid z1: 3x new 6tb wd red pro for backups + somewhat important data
so I need 6 Sata ports for Data drives.
I (maybe) will use 2 boot ssd’s (one samsung 840 pro, one old corsair)
problem is I don’t have enough Sata ports and the recommended sas expander cards cost 100+€ which I can’t spend.
So I was thinking to only use one boot ssd OR use a second mirrored boot ssd connected via usb 2.0.
I would use the esata port to have enough ports.
OR buy a cheap sata expander card. (please suggestions: from amazon Germany)
Please suggestions what would be the best (cost efficient) way.
Other useful info is also appreciated (I skimmed over the hardware guide)
Thank you!
Asus P5P43TD PRO (6sata, 1esata, USB 2.0) that's what I have. Don’t have money to spend.
8GB Ram,
4 core CPU
core 2 quad Q9400
I want to use
- 3 mirrored drives: 2 old 2TB WD red + 2TB 870 EVO ssd (this should be for data I absolutely don’t want to lose.)
- Raid z1: 3x new 6tb wd red pro for backups + somewhat important data
so I need 6 Sata ports for Data drives.
I (maybe) will use 2 boot ssd’s (one samsung 840 pro, one old corsair)
problem is I don’t have enough Sata ports and the recommended sas expander cards cost 100+€ which I can’t spend.
So I was thinking to only use one boot ssd OR use a second mirrored boot ssd connected via usb 2.0.
I would use the esata port to have enough ports.
OR buy a cheap sata expander card. (please suggestions: from amazon Germany)
Please suggestions what would be the best (cost efficient) way.
Other useful info is also appreciated (I skimmed over the hardware guide)
Thank you!
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