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Hi<br />
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I have built myself a little ESXi server, its running an ASUS P8H67-I mini-itx motherboard, with 4 SATA drives plugged into it. Unfortunately the onboard RAID is not compatible with ESXi.<br />
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So I'm looking for suggestions for an alternative RAID card, key points are<br />
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Its PCIe and needs to fit into mini-ITX NAS case<br />
It has 4x SATA Ports<br />
Its VMWare compatible<br />
Its cheap <br />
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I was considering - <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCI-Express-SATA-II-4-Port-Controller-RAID-Card-/290708157526?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item43af8e7456#ht_1051wt_674" rel="ugc">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCI-Express-SATA-II-4-Port-Controller-RAID-Card-/290708157526?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item43af8e7456#ht_1051wt_674</a><br />
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Many Thanks
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Hi

I have built myself a little ESXi server, its running an ASUS P8H67-I mini-itx motherboard, with 4 SATA drives plugged into it. Unfortunately the onboard RAID is not compatible with ESXi.

So I'm looking for suggestions for an alternative RAID card, key points are

Its PCIe and needs to fit into mini-ITX NAS case
It has 4x SATA Ports
Its VMWare compatible
Its cheap 

I was considering - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCI-Express-SATA-II-4-Port-Controller-RAID-Card-/290708157526?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item43af8e7456#ht_1051wt_674


Many Thanks

Looking for SATA RAID Card for Mini-ITX server running VMWare ESX

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