DaGeek247 of https://dageek247.com/

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  • DaGeek247@fedia.iotoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Silent Storage Solutions for Homelab?
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    8 hours ago

    I have used this card for a couple years.

    Pros:

    • five m.2 sata slots
    • single slot pcie, and short / not extending past top of slot
    • incredibly cheap
    • mine has been reliable
    • no extra power needed
    • no pcie bifurcation or other special motherboard features required (works in anything)
    • the individual drives do show up as individual drives in Debian for me and can be accessed separately (not a hardware raid card)

    Cons:

    • pcie 3.0x2 speed in an x16 slot (2GBps)
    • doesn’t support m.2 pci
    • doesn’t support booting from the installed drives

    If all you’re looking for is cheap, quiet, storage, and you don’t mind losing out on total read/write speeds, thisll actually do great just about anywhere.