So recently I just bought an Intel RAID Controller RS3DC040 and a MB GIGABYTE|GA-Z97MX-GAMING 5 MATX motherboard. I was told by Intel Support that the RAID controller would most likely not work on the motherboard I just got. It is a PCIe 3.0 8x RAID controller and the motherboard has a slot for it.
So my basic question is there any reason a PCIe 3.0 x8 card wouldn't work with a motherboard with the same PCIe 3.0 x8 connection?
Also the Intel Support said there may be compatibility issues due to it being a ‘server part’ running in a ‘desktop architecture’. How could this be a potential issue?
The server I'm building is with 15 drives for the RAID. I'm asking this questions because the Intel guy said that I would have to purchase an 'Expander' if I want to connect more than 4 devices to the RAID controller. I just want to see if anyone has any experience with a desktop mobo and a 'server part'.
The idea is that I'm going to have 15 drives in a RAID 5 or 6 with one drive being a hot spare and 2 drives (for the OS) in RAID 1 by means of a software RAID.
So the questions I have (in short) are:
Though I'm more than happy to take any suggestions for configuring this many hard drives in a desktop system. Thanks!
So my basic question is there any reason a PCIe 3.0 x8 card wouldn't work with a motherboard with the same PCIe 3.0 x8 connection?
Also the Intel Support said there may be compatibility issues due to it being a ‘server part’ running in a ‘desktop architecture’. How could this be a potential issue?
The server I'm building is with 15 drives for the RAID. I'm asking this questions because the Intel guy said that I would have to purchase an 'Expander' if I want to connect more than 4 devices to the RAID controller. I just want to see if anyone has any experience with a desktop mobo and a 'server part'.
The idea is that I'm going to have 15 drives in a RAID 5 or 6 with one drive being a hot spare and 2 drives (for the OS) in RAID 1 by means of a software RAID.
So the questions I have (in short) are:
-Will a 'server part' work on a 'desktop mobo' as both are PCIe x8?
-What RAID would you recommend 5 or 6?
Though I'm more than happy to take any suggestions for configuring this many hard drives in a desktop system. Thanks!