Hey guys, is it ok if I use a LSI HBA card for Pcie 1x slot? My 16x slot is being used by my 8x NIC and my motherboard does not support difurcation. I planned to have two LSI HBA card on my two 1x PCIE slot, is it safe to have drives running on two LSI HBA card?

  • SciencioGTOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for the advice! Sorry, forgot to give more information about my server I use a

    Prime B550M A (wifi) motherboard - 2x PCIe 3.0 1x slots

    Ryzen 5500

    16 GB RAM

    NIC card = Intel X540 t2 (recently purchased)

    LSI HBA card I planned to purchase = LSI 9211-4i - PCI 2.0