Is it possible to use a a PCI/SATA ports extension with an old P4 motherboard?

[eros91]

Hello all, i have an old P4 PC with only PATA ports for HD. I would like to use Freenas with this pc but before to buy some hardware i would like to know if freenas is able to detect and use a basic PCI/SATA extension card?

Thanks for your help.

 

[joeschmuck]

It should work fine. You should find out if the card you are looking to use is supported by FreeBSD since that is the OS FreeNAS is built on.

 

[sodi]

Highpoint RR1740

I had the Highpoint RocketRaid 1740 on an old VIA C3 working fine for the last 2 years. It's a cheap 4xSATA PCI Card. It was working with FreeNas 0.69.
I'm currently trying to upgrade the board and Freenas (to 8.0), the Highpoint still works fine, and I can mount the raid under console without dataloss, but not under WebGUI, so it likely should work with new created Raid well.