Hello Everyone!
Recently i made a NAS Server for my personal usage and i am using it for nearly 6 months without any problem so far.
My main reason to use this to store my family photos and bushiness drawings-office files such as AutoCAD and excel files which are important.
Now i want to upgrade my server HDD capacity so i decided to buy a new SAS controller because my motherboard only have 4 sata ports (2 SATAII 2 SATAIII) which is limiting me to add more disks.
I don't plan to make raid or something in near future. But later maybe i will make raid mirroring.
Here is my existing setup:
Asus P9D-I Mini ITX Server Motherboard
Xeon E3 1220L v3 1.1 Ghz Processor
Kingston KTD-PE316ES 4 GB of ECC ram
DC 12V 160W 24PIN Pico ATX Psu
2 of 2TB Seagate Disk (BTRFS File System) and 1 of Toshiba (EXT4 File System) 250 GB boot disk
So I want to buy a LSI SAS (9211-4i) Card and plug it to PCI slot and profit but i want to ask following questions:
Is it right way to add sata ports to add this motherboard?
Adding by this card should i worried about data corruption or something?
Is OMV 3.x supported by this card?
It seems this card supports IT and IR modes, which one should i use?What are them?
If it is ok to use this card may i use this pci extender?I want to made my setup compact.
Motherboard have x16 PCI-e slot.This card is x4 PCI-e, Can i use x4 on a x16 slot?
Also I have open to any suggestions.
If i made a mistake while writing this post, please forgive me.English is not my native language.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.