I'm thinking of putting together a home server, in the next few months.
I've been thinking of a mini-ITX or mATX H67 board, and then using an add-on PCI-E SATA/SAS card for some extra SATA ports. I intend to run software RAID 6 as this will be primarily for backups and streaming media/TV captures, etc. where random writes are less important. Initially, I plan for 6 drives initially (probably 2TB), but wish to have the opportunity to expand up to 8-12 if required (hence need for an additional card).
Does anyone have any experience with SATA card compatability? I know that there have been potential problems on LGA 1156 boards.
E.g. if I have a mini-ITX H67 board with a single 16x PCI-E slot. Will a SATA card work if I drop it into the slot, or will it disable onboard graphics and leave the system unbootable?
What about the mATX boards, which have PCI-E slots powered off the chipset? Are there problems with BIOS compatability? (I won't be booting off a drive on the add-on card, I'd be booting the system of an integrated port).
I've been thinking of a mini-ITX or mATX H67 board, and then using an add-on PCI-E SATA/SAS card for some extra SATA ports. I intend to run software RAID 6 as this will be primarily for backups and streaming media/TV captures, etc. where random writes are less important. Initially, I plan for 6 drives initially (probably 2TB), but wish to have the opportunity to expand up to 8-12 if required (hence need for an additional card).
Does anyone have any experience with SATA card compatability? I know that there have been potential problems on LGA 1156 boards.
E.g. if I have a mini-ITX H67 board with a single 16x PCI-E slot. Will a SATA card work if I drop it into the slot, or will it disable onboard graphics and leave the system unbootable?
What about the mATX boards, which have PCI-E slots powered off the chipset? Are there problems with BIOS compatability? (I won't be booting off a drive on the add-on card, I'd be booting the system of an integrated port).
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