I have just been buying new drives as I ran out of space over the years. But now all my SATA ports are full so I'm looking into raid cards that are expandable. It's been a long while since I looked at RAID and their associated cards and the terminology has me a bit confused with things like SAS and HBA. I've done some research and searched the forum but it's just not clicking in my head for some reason.
All I want is a RAID card that I can attach another RAID card to in a never ending daisy chain. I want to make one RAID 10 after another endlessly if possible. Will a basic Adaptec 1045 work for this? It says it supports up to 128 SATA or SAS devices. I just don't seem to understand how to go about connecting multiple cards or SATA devices after the initial 4 ports are filled from the first RAID 10 array.
What do I need to achieve my goal? Linux support is a plus but if windows is easier/cheaper then that is fine. The PC will run 24/7.
Thank you in advance and I apologize for my ignorance on the subject.
All I want is a RAID card that I can attach another RAID card to in a never ending daisy chain. I want to make one RAID 10 after another endlessly if possible. Will a basic Adaptec 1045 work for this? It says it supports up to 128 SATA or SAS devices. I just don't seem to understand how to go about connecting multiple cards or SATA devices after the initial 4 ports are filled from the first RAID 10 array.
What do I need to achieve my goal? Linux support is a plus but if windows is easier/cheaper then that is fine. The PC will run 24/7.
Thank you in advance and I apologize for my ignorance on the subject.