01-21-2021, 08:59 PM
(08-02-2019, 07:12 AM)ZeblodS Wrote: As an update, I found out that the ROCKPro64 seems to be working with LSI HBA controller cards: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6763Any luck getting the raid up and going? I'm hoping to build a similar setup.
And such controllers with 16 ports can be found on eBay (with P20 firmware IT mode, meaning no RAID and no BIOS) for about 45€: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/LSI-9201-16e-6Gb...3291384883 for example.
With 4x SF-8088 to SATA at 37€: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/4pcs-Mini-SAS-26...2683726119
Total 82€ for the controller and SATA cables.
Only question I have is, how does it works when you only have x4 PCI-E and the card has x8 PCI-E?
How do you like the SATA card you went with?
Depending on how it works out my plan is to build a few different NAS. One as a local file server at work and one at home. I was thinking of using SyncThing to have them paired to be able to work on the same files at both locations offline if need be. SyncThing would update any changes when reconnected to the internet. I'd also do snapshot backups in case there is any issue that a rise when syncing. I'd also like to have another non synced NAS that backs up the files at a third location for redundancy.
I was planning on a RAID 10 setup for the speed of striping and redundancy. It sounds like Zraid2 has been a rock solid system for you. I'm going look into that as well. Please let me know how you build worked out and if you have any suggestions for me.