Hi,
Im building whs 2011 and I got all the parts except one thing. im planing to put 8 x 5TB hdd and my MB got only 4 sata. so I'll be connecting one 2.5 hdd (OS) directly to the MB and install a sata card/raid controller for the other 8 hdd. FYI, im not going to use it for RAID because i will be using Drive Bender, but maybe in the future. I have no experience in raid controllers so im hoping someone can help me in that.
I found one but im not sure if its good enough. Also the server will be running 24/7 so this might need a good one.
HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL 8-Port PCI-Express 2.0