So my Proxmox homeserver is running out of storage and all of my sata ports are taken, so I guess getting more sata ports is the best solution, but I have no clue which ones are good. I’m fine with paying a little more if that means having good drivers and a stable experience. I plan to use it with harddrives so performance does not need to be top notch.
I came across the ASM1166 that I can get with six ports for under 40€ is it any good?
Thanks for any help
IBM 1015. There is no substitute. Running over 100TB with one for years and it’s rock solid. Easy to flash to IT mode and supports both SATA and SAS. Usually about $20-40 on eBay.
Get something like this. Go for used enterprise grade stuff. LSI tends to be very good and have excellent compatibility with Linux.
Source: am running exactly that in my own NAS
Do NOT get a SATA card. They are unbelievably shit. I had one (no idea what model, but 4 ports) that split ports in a way that breaks spec. It worked most of the time, but one drive at random would keep dropping from my RAID array.
As the other commenter suggested, get an LSi (or rebranded LSi) SAS card. Depending on model, you may need a cheap ($15) breakout cable. But these can handle SATA drives perfectly fine, and are massively and easily expandable. Plus, used SAS drives are cheaper since most people can’t use them, while being much more reliable. You can easily find this card for the same price as a shit SATA card.
Just be sure to point a fan at it. They’re all designed for servers, which usually have a fan shroud going over it. Your typical desktop case won’t have that.