Could you connect two cables out from a 9361 and have the 4 cables out from the intel go two 16 drives in one array?
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I don't have a 9361 but I see no reason why it wouldn't work. The limitations are more about what the 9361 supports than the expander. It's more or less just a port multiplier. You could, for instance, run 1 cable from the 9361 to the Expander and run all 16 drives off that (and have a port open on the card + a port open on the Expander for more).I'm running 2 cables from my 9240 to the Expander; it supports 15 drives & 2 RAID arrays. Performance could be better but I blame the low-end 9240 (no cache) for that.
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The best thing that you can do is contact intel support. I like using the Chat, they are quick to respond and will help you for free and have always helpped me. The short answer to your question is probably. If it is an Intel backplane, usually there are four to six drives per SAS cable. You connect your RAID card to the expander card with SAS cables and then use SAS cables to connect the expander to the backplane. The connection schema is not intuitive, hence you will need to speak with an Intel tech support. Usually the documentation is very poor or even incorrect. The Intel support will give you a download link for good diagrams or will simply tell you which ports connect where.
1414544
With 4 unused SAS Ports and the appropriate cabling you could do a 16 drive array.
1414545
The best thing that you can do is contact intel support. I like using the Chat, they are quick to respond and will help you for free and have always helpped me. The short answer to your question is probably. If it is an Intel backplane, usually there are four to six drives per SAS cable. You connect your RAID card to the expander card with SAS cables and then use SAS cables to connect the expander to the backplane. The connection schema is not intuitive, hence you will need to speak with an Intel tech support. Usually the documentation is very poor or even incorrect. The Intel support will give you a download link for good diagrams or will simply tell you which ports connect where. The best thing that you can do is contact intel support. I like using the Chat, they are quick to respond and will help you for free and have always helpped me. The short answer to your question is probably. If it is an Intel backplane, usually there are four to six drives per SAS cable. You connect your RAID card to the expander card with SAS cables and then use SAS cables to connect the expander to the backplane. The connection schema is not intuitive, hence you will need to speak with an Intel tech support. Usually the documentation is very poor or even incorrect. The Intel support will... » Read More The best thing that you can do is contact intel support. I like using the Chat, they are quick to respond and will help you for free and have always helpped me. The short answer to your question is probably. If it is an Intel backplane, usually there are four to six drives per SAS cable. You connect your RAID card to the expander card with SAS cables and then use SAS cables to connect the expander to the backplane. The connection schema is not intuitive, hence you will need to speak with an Intel tech support. Usually the documentation is very poor or even incorrect. The Intel support will give you a download link for good diagrams or will simply tell you which ports connect where. « Show Less
1388808
Yes, when using it in that configuration, your computer will recognize it as two seperate drives.
1884008
The DX1211 is an expansion unit to add more drives. You would need a 2413 or 3612 to connect it to.
1676491
I'm afraid so. One drive will work; I'm using two. Even for a "newbie" it's pretty easy to set up, and they're very good about answering questions.
11262
Yes, as I have three sets of SSD in raid 0 with three OS. The only thing is that the cables are not that long.
1968375
You'll need as many data and power cables as you have drives. Depending on your power supply, you may have to buy a few splitters.
1570069
yes you can...i put 3 hd ..2 x 500gb seagate and 1 of 1 tr hitachi and work good.
2228195
No it only design one HDD Docking, you can add other other cables to make it work, but I would try it.
1461893
There are 4 main drive bays and 2 internal bays for ZIL and L2ARC upgrades. You need your own power and Sata cables. The routing of the cables is Very Tight!!! I put 2 Solid state drives there and it worked great.Hope this helps
195363
I've never tried that but there is only a slot each for a 3.5" IDE, a 2.5"IDE or a SATA drive. The two IDE positions are on opposite sides of the device but share a power interface so only one IDE drive at a time would even have power. With the position of the SATA interface I'm sure it would even physically be possible to have two drives connected. Hope this helps!
196769
You can hook up 2 hard drives on the IDE cable if there is room or 2 connector blocks open. Would recommend getting a SATA card and then you could install 2 hard drives on that (much faster drive)
518449
There are TWO esata inputs - each input utilizes 4 drives each. So you'd need two cables to run all of them.
936426
Yes you can as long as none of the drives has an operating system on them. You do not need to format or do anything to your drives. You will need a port multiplier card for eSata in order to see all 4 drives, but after that you're good to go.
1064573
Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
66178
Yes it will work. I'm using it in this configuration with 2 Seagate 6TB drive. Seems like you will have full speed up to 4 drives then half of it up to 8 drives.
426679
We have looked at the Bestec ATX-250-12Z and it has four 4 pin power connectors so you should be able to hook it up to 2 ROM drives and 2 hard drives??
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considering the pci 3.0 is backward compatible with the 2.0 specification there should be no problem, however, I have not tried this so it is a theoretical answer. I assume you have two 16 slots and the first is populated with another card. Also as mentioned in order to provide the best throughput you will need 4 lanes. Most motherboards provide 8 for the second 16 slot put it is worth a double check before you invest in the card.