Suggestions for WHS system?

[nerp]

You can easily get a pcie card to add 4 more sata ports. That's what I plan on doing. I'm not using a dvd drive or anything with my server so I plan on filling the box up with 7 drives total. Like you, my mobo only has 4 SATA ports so I'll need an expansion card.

 

[imported_browsing]

You can easily get a pcie card to add 4 more sata ports. That's what I plan on doing. I'm not using a dvd drive or anything with my server so I plan on filling the box up with 7 drives total. Like you, my mobo only has 4 SATA ports so I'll need an expansion card.

Does anyone have a preference on these pci-e cards?

 

[nerp]

Does anyone have a preference on these pci-e cards?

Good question. My hunch tells me that a cheap Syba card would do the trick and be more than adequate for WHS. It's not like you really need a heavy duty server controller card for WHS. I'm interested to see what other people ended up using.

 

[Homerboy]

I use an old PCI SATA expansion card. Cheapo Syba as nerp pointed out. Works just fine. +4 SATA ports to go with the 2 onboard.

 

[imported_browsing]

This seems like a question I should already know the answer to but can you throw pci cards into pci-e slot?

 

[nerp]

This seems like a question I should already know the answer to but can you throw pci cards into pci-e slot?

No -- they're different sizes.