sata controller

Hi, I am new to PCIe and SATA details and I would like to know if the number of raid stripes should match the SAS/SATA cable lines used by my controller. My machine is a DELL PowerEdge T40 with Debian GNU/Linux and an LSI controller 9207-8e plugged on a PCIe 3.0 slot connected to the PCH and...

Hello together It's my first time here in the forum therefore I am not sure if my question belongs to the mainboard or to the HBA area. My current old NAS consists of the following components: I7 3770k, Asus Saberthooth Z78, 3x WD RED 4TB, 3x SSD, OS: OpenMediaVault and has some software...

Hello All, I need help figuring out If I can utilize the U.2 connector for extra SATA storage, currently I have a Norco RPC 4020 case and two Dell HBA 330 that are working, I need to use the last 4 bays in my 4u case, but I would like to know if I can plug in a mini SAS HD cable to 4 SATA, will...

Should be a simple question right? I have an intel S2600cp4 and bought 2x 8tb WD drives. When I went to plug them in to the board, I notice that the drive spins up, but the motherboard is stuck at post (won't boot and can't get into BIOS). I mess around with some of the settings in the BIOS...

I've been playing around with ESXi for almost a month now. My first hurdle was getting my GPU to successfully passthrough and while a bit bumpy, I managed to get that fully working which was exciting. Then, when working through setting up my VMs I started to notice that I had pretty mediocre...