Recommended Raid Controller for windows 10, server 2012 r2 with at least 4 ports

[firstserverpcbuild]

I am running a virtual home lab and i want to get experience with raid 5. I would like to run 4 hdd in a raid with another drive running the OS. The OS is either going to be windows 10 or windows server 2012 r2. I am on a budget but i would like to have something decent. I would like to spend around $200 to $300.

Motherboard: 78LMT-USB3
Processor: AMD FX 8350 (not overclocked)

I was looking at the LSI SAS9260-4I Sgl Raid 4PORT Int 6GB Sas/sata Pcie 2.0 512MB but was not sure if this supported windows 10 or server 2012 r2 and if they might be a better one out there for the price.

Thanks for any recommendations.

I have a 250 GB HDD now that was i was thinking of running the OS on and just plugging that into the motherboard while the 4 disk raid would be in the r port raid card running the raid 5, If that would work?

 

[noidea_77]

Would work, but would also be a total wast of money, if it's all about getting experience. A cheap HighPoint or Dawicontrol SATA controller does basically the same.

 

[firstserverpcbuild]

Would work, but would also be a total wast of money, if it's all about getting experience. A cheap HighPoint or Dawicontrol SATA controller does basically the same.

Experience as well as it would be nice to protect the operating systems on the virtual lab. Do You have a model you would recommend that would work on Winn 10 or Winn server 2012 r2

And Thanks for your assistance and response!

 

[firstserverpcbuild]

I went with the LSI SAS9620 8i Because I wanted to do hardware raid and get some experience but still protect the operating systems.

I found on at the manufactures web site here http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-4i#downloads that they had drivers for Winn server 2012 r2 but i did not see anything for certain for Winn 10 so I assume that it will support server 2012 r2 but yet to find out about Winn 10.

 

[noidea_77]

I went with the LSI SAS9620 8i Because I wanted to do hardware raid and get some experience but still protect the operating systems.

I found on at the manufactures web site here http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-4i#downloads that they had drivers for Winn server 2012 r2 but i did not see anything for certain for Winn 10 so I assume that it will support server 2012 r2 but yet to find out about Winn 10.

The Win 8.1 driver should work for win10 as well. And concerning the hardware raid: the write parity calculations off load is basically the only thing that is done in hardware on modern controllers like this. Anyway: have fun playing with it and remember: raid has nothing to do with backup!

 

[firstserverpcbuild]

I went with the LSI SAS9620 8i Because I wanted to do hardware raid and get some experience but still protect the operating systems.

I found on at the manufactures web site here http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-4i#downloads that they had drivers for Winn server 2012 r2 but i did not see anything for certain for Winn 10 so I assume that it will support server 2012 r2 but yet to find out about Winn 10.

The Win 8.1 driver should work for win10 as well. And concerning the hardware raid: the write parity calculations off load is basically the only thing that is done in hardware on modern controllers like this. Anyway: have fun playing with it and remember: raid has nothing to do with backup!

Thanks for your assistance and I am already learning a lot.