I am new to both FreeNAS and this community, so I apologize in advance for any ignorance or shortcomings that I may display.
I am currently running 6 SATA drives but I am looking to expand to 10 in the near future. My current hardware setup is below and my question would be, "What HBA would you suggest to use?"
Hardware
Case: Norco RPC-450TH
MotherBoard: ASUS P9D-V ATX
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220V3
Memory: 4 x Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333 unbuffered ECC
OS Drive: Kingston 8GB USB 2.0 DTSE9H/8GBZ
HardDrives: 6 x HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB 7200 RPM
Power Supply: Corsair RM550
Fans: 4 x Noctua NF-R8 redux-1200
I am looking for an HBA to provide 4 additional SATA connections, but I have no experience in Flashing cards. From what I have read on the subject, it seems like the consensus answer would be to go with and IBM ServeRAID M1015 crossflashed to IT mode but again, flashing isn't something that I am familiar with. I welcome any suggestions for other alternatives, but I am willing to try crossflashing if that is the recommended solution.
Also if you have any suggestions for my build above please let me know, I am very new to this and don't work in the industry so any suggestions or criticisms are helpful.
I am currently running 6 SATA drives but I am looking to expand to 10 in the near future. My current hardware setup is below and my question would be, "What HBA would you suggest to use?"
Hardware
Case: Norco RPC-450TH
MotherBoard: ASUS P9D-V ATX
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220V3
Memory: 4 x Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333 unbuffered ECC
OS Drive: Kingston 8GB USB 2.0 DTSE9H/8GBZ
HardDrives: 6 x HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB 7200 RPM
Power Supply: Corsair RM550
Fans: 4 x Noctua NF-R8 redux-1200
I am looking for an HBA to provide 4 additional SATA connections, but I have no experience in Flashing cards. From what I have read on the subject, it seems like the consensus answer would be to go with and IBM ServeRAID M1015 crossflashed to IT mode but again, flashing isn't something that I am familiar with. I welcome any suggestions for other alternatives, but I am willing to try crossflashing if that is the recommended solution.
Also if you have any suggestions for my build above please let me know, I am very new to this and don't work in the industry so any suggestions or criticisms are helpful.