Recommended Raid Controller for windows 10, server 2012 r2 with at least 4 ports

firstserverpcbuild · Oct 28, 2015

I am running a virtual home lab and i want to get experience with raid 5. I would like to run 4 hdd in a raid with another drive running the OS. The OS is either going to be windows 10 or windows server 2012 r2. I am on a budget but i would like to have something decent. I would like to spend around $200 to $300.

Motherboard: 78LMT-USB3
Processor: AMD FX 8350 (not overclocked)

I was looking at the LSI SAS9260-4I Sgl Raid 4PORT Int 6GB Sas/sata Pcie 2.0 512MB but was not sure if this supported windows 10 or server 2012 r2 and if they might be a better one out there for the price.

Thanks for any recommendations.

I have a 250 GB HDD now that was i was thinking of running the OS on and just plugging that into the motherboard while the 4 disk raid would be in the r port raid card running the raid 5, If that would work?

noidea_77 · Oct 28, 2015

Would work, but would also be a total wast of money, if it's all about getting experience. A cheap HighPoint or Dawicontrol SATA controller does basically the same.

firstserverpcbuild · Oct 28, 2015

noidea_77 :

Experience as well as it would be nice to protect the operating systems on the virtual lab. Do You have a model you would recommend that would work on Winn 10 or Winn server 2012 r2

And Thanks for your assistance and response!

firstserverpcbuild · Oct 28, 2015

I went with the LSI SAS9620 8i Because I wanted to do hardware raid and get some experience but still protect the operating systems.

I found on at the manufactures web site here http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-4i#downloads that they had drivers for Winn server 2012 r2 but i did not see anything for certain for Winn 10 so I assume that it will support server 2012 r2 but yet to find out about Winn 10.

noidea_77 · Oct 29, 2015

firstserverpcbuild :

The Win 8.1 driver should work for win10 as well. And concerning the hardware raid: the write parity calculations off load is basically the only thing that is done in hardware on modern controllers like this. Anyway: have fun playing with it and remember: raid has nothing to do with backup!

firstserverpcbuild · Oct 30, 2015

noidea_77 :

firstserverpcbuild :

The Win 8.1 driver should work for win10 as well. And concerning the hardware raid: the write parity calculations off load is basically the only thing that is done in hardware on modern controllers like this. Anyway: have fun playing with it and remember: raid has nothing to do with backup!

Thanks for your assistance and I am already learning a lot.

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