Advice on Sata Expansion Card?

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Because they are more reliable, cost effective, and you can plug in way more drives.

[Official] Adaptec ASR series SAS HBA overview

Overview The Adaptec ASR series RAID/HBA cards listed in this thread are known to be compatible with Unraid, FreeNAS, Windows, Linux, and more. Special thanks to @riggi for his knowledge and encouragement to give these HBAs a try. Caution You’ve probably seen people mod their LSI cards and strap a little fan to them. I don’t think it’s necessary to do it with LSI cards, as I’ve never had one throw an overheat alarm. However, it’s definitely necessary with these Adapte…

[Official] Recommended SAS2 HBA (internal & external)

Notes I do not recommend Dell/HP/IBM/Intel/Fujitsu or other LSI OEM cards. These “real” LSI models are readily available and are much easier to flash. All models support SAS & SATA drives Most SATA SSDs will not support TRIM on SAS HBA, use SATA3 instead. All models are SAS2 6Gbps compatible Type = Internal/External Num. Drives = 4 drives per port, with no expander. All low profile cards can be used with high profile bracket, allowing support for either. Notes = Firmware options, 4Kn secto…