[Guide] 8 Bay Mini-DAS!

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An 8e would work, but why not an Adaptec that’s both internal and external SAS? I don’t think you would need a replacement PSU for this machine.

[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…

ASR-78165 would be what I would recommend.