Will it work with this sata expansion card?

[MrQvik]

SATA card

 

[jgreco]

No

 

[MrQvik]

Thank you for saving my time and money

Regards

 

[jgreco]

You're welcome. I took the opportunity to be terse in my reply because it matched the terseness of your message, but please do not miss the fact that there is a link included in my response.

Multiply your problems with SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers

In the last year or two, we've had a resurgence of users asking about SATA Port Multipliers and cheap SATA controllers. Please, do NOT use port multipliers, and use cheap SATA controllers only after extensive research. SATA controllers and SATA...

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You should be able to find a LSI HBA on the used market for a price that is not much more than your AliExpress card. It's the best way to go.

 

[HoneyBadger]

You should be able to find a LSI HBA on the used market for a price that is not much more than your AliExpress card. It's the best way to go.

And if I can beat the Grinch to his own game here, maybe I can sneak two more resources in:

Don't be afraid to be "SAS"-sy - a primer on basic SAS and SATA

Don't be afraid to be SAS-sy ... a primer on basic SAS and SATA

With the introduction of SAS 12Gbps, seems like "it's time" to do a braindump on SAS. Work in progress, as usual. History By the late '90's, SCSI and PATA were the dominant technologies to attach disks. Both were parallel bus multiple drop...

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But while you're shopping for those second-hand LSI cards, beware of imitations

Fake server cards

Some time ago, forum frequenter @artlessknave kindly sent me a pair of LSI HBA cards that had failed to work out in a FreeNAS build. Having suspected that these were fakes, I asked for them to be shipped here for comparison. However, COVID...

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A refurbished LSI card pulled from a used server is far more likely to be genuine - OEM examples include (but are not limited to) the Dell PERC H200/H310, HPE H220, IBM/Lenovo M1015, and Fujitsu D2607.

 

[Whattteva]

A refurbished LSI card pulled from a used server is far more likely to be genuine - OEM examples include (but are not limited to) the Dell PERC H200/H310, HPE H220, IBM/Lenovo M1015, and Fujitsu D2607.

But it usually will also require more getting your hands dirty and headaches with cross-flashing or problems like your machine not booting due to OPROM weirdness, etc.

As an alternative, there is a very reputable eBay seller named "The Art of Server" which sells guaranteed genuine cards, pre-flashed, pre-tested, etc, guaranteed to work also... though he does tend to charge higher than other sellers.