jeremy_fritz Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hi This question might seem stupid, sorry. I'm using 4 SATA HDD in the main bay of my microserver Gen8 + 1 SSD. I was wondering: can I add more SATA HDD? If so, do I need to buy new hardware controller or only new wires? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig0r Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 If you don't have an optical drive you can get a few more drives in there, you will need some sort of card though to do it. the SDM if you can find one will let you put upto 4 2.5" drives in there, you can put one where the optical drive goes and with a bit of wiggling and cable work you can get 2 in the void between the optical drive tray bit and the top of the drive bays.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohazard69 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Hi, I'm new to gen8, I can't find the publication with the materials to add 2 discs of 2.5 or more, can you help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig0r Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 There's links and threads in here for the SDM made by resident @schoondoggyyou'll have to find someone local to you to make them or find a used one, the blueprints were on here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 you've definitely come to the right place. shoehorning drives into a Gen8 used to be a "thing" around here! good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_fritz Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Trig0r said: There's links and threads in here for the SDM made by resident @schoondoggyyou'll have to find someone local to you to make them or find a used one, the blueprints were on here somewhere. What is SDM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 14 hours ago, jeremy_fritz said: What is SDM? If you look at the last page of this thread, a forum member converted the SDM R4 into a 3D printable: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_fritz Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Thank you. This SDM would be nice ! But actually, my original question was more: how can I technically wire others HDD to my MicroServer Gen8? I mean: four original cases are already used by 4 HDDs and I already use an SSD instead of the Optical Drive. So if I want to attach 2 more HDDs or more SSD, what should I do? Do I have to buy a specific card? Thanks Edited November 30, 2020 by jeremy_fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig0r Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Yes a card is required, obviously you are limited to what a Gen8 can power, and cool (some expansion cards can get toasty). There's a few card recommendations on here, I had an HP Pxxx something or other when I had my Gen8, nice cards, cache, battery backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_fritz Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Thanks a lot ! Which one would you recommend for only 1 or 2 SATA ports? I don't need hardware RAID. And other question: if I want to add 1 or 2 3.5" disks, do you think I will need extra fans to cool it? Thanks again for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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