8-bay pool with Asrock C2550D4I

[WBos]

Hi Gents,

Just asking before i'm going to order my stuff, is it possible to create a 8-bay pool with the Asrock C2550D4l?

I know it can handle 12 SATA devices, but this is the configuration i want to create:
OS pool : 2 x 128GB SSD (Mirror)
Data Pool: 8 x 3TB (Raidv2)

Leaving me with 4 SATA slots empty for later expantion with another 4 disk pool.
Any thoughts on this?

 

[INCSlayer]

Can you set it up the way you want it right now yes that you can do.
You might want to check your math though since 8+2 is 10 which leaves you with 2 ports not 4 so you cant add another 4disk pool

however there have in the past been reports of issues with the Marvell controllers that the C2550D4l and its bigger brother the C2750D4l uses. I personnally did not have any issues with my disks using the marvell controllers with the latest firmwares applied the only issue for me was that they did not support hot-plugging with freenas but that is a minor issue in my opinion.
So if you are unsure i would suggest getting a M1015 and flashing it and then using it for your main 8-disk pool and use the intel ports for your OS

 

[WBos]

Thanks for the reply.. it was very early when i posted it... :P

I just want hot swap, so that mobo is not for me the way to go.

 

[Kevin Horton]

What is your use case for hot swap? How often would you need to hot swap? It should not drive the choice of motherboards, unless you have a very unusual use case.

 

[WBos]

I hope that i don't need it, but when i do, i don't want to shut down the system.