Hardware Vs. Software for larger servers?

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paradoxblue

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Been trying to catch up on all this.
And it would seem port multipliers are getting bigger
Are these supported by most motherboards now or is a card needed?
As it seems win10 etc. all support raid and expansion options now, and pretty easily.

I'm trying to decide which way to best go to reach 16-24 ports on a preferebly windows machine?

Any input or thoughts? Havn't gotten a mobo yet, so wondering if there's one with say 6 ports that supports multpliers etc.


Thanks guys, glad to finally be back into this.

Edit:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Multi-SATA-1...577781?hash=item2373ea1bf5:g:jbIAAOSw-CpX9coD
Something like that? with a 4 or 5 port card/mobo that handles multiplying? This could be mounted in the cable management portion of the case for greater ease of use?
 
paradoxblue said:
After some more digging I think this may be best option
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B004JPUZWU...ails?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1325791539&sr=1-1
5x8TB in Raid 5 would give a pretty good single
Click to expand...

Raid-5 with >2TB drives is a bad idea.

The easiest way to do it now depends on how many drives you need. A 8-port SATA/SAS card like the Dell H310 flashed to Non-Raid mode will give you 8 SATA ports with the right cables. If you need more ports you can use something like a Intel RES2SV240 SAS expander and do 20+ drives.
 
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