Hello everyone
I was thinking about upgrading the Storage of my current NAS in the next ~6 Months from 1x 2TB + 1x 4TB to a RAID 6 with 6x 4TB Disks (using Btrfs as the File System).
But since the Mainboard in my NAS only has 6 + 2 SATA Ports ( 2x 6GB/s + 4x 3 GB/s are from the Z77 Chipset + 2x 6GB/s are from from ASMedia ) the upgradability is quite limited.
In addition, I do not trust ASMedia and don't know how well the Z77 chipset can handle 24/7 operation ( especially after what happened with the Intel 2000 Series Chipsets ).
In this sense - would you recommend to buy a SATA / SAS PCIe HBA instead of connecting the Hard Drives to the SATA Ports provided by the Chipset?
And if yes, what about the Drivers / Hardware compatibility with OpenMediaVault?
I know that the Linux Kernel supports a wide range of Hardware, but are there particular Controllers which don't run (well or at all) with Debian (Broadcom / LSI?) or some that do run really good?
I hope someone can answer my burning question, thanks in advance and good night