So I am switching from a Synology with 8 drive bays to a server with 24 drive bays to up my data hoarding game. This is the chassis I will be using. There appear to be 6 backplanes, each of which drive 4 drives. What I am unsure of is how to connect that to my system. I understand I should probably be using an HBA card, I see a lot of recommendations for the LSI 9211-8i, but I only see 2 ports on that, is that sufficient? If not which hba card should I be going for? Also which cables will I need to connect it to the backplanes? Oh also I am using the Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, Intel Z790 Motherboard if that matters for this question. Thanks in advance!
Amazing, thank you so much for such a detailed answer, that really clears things up. I’ve ordered myself and sas expander card to go with the LSI 9211-8i along with the cables.