I have this HBA in my homelab server and was surprised to find it has two SAS controller in it. I can't remember exactly what I had to do to flash it, but I needed to flash both controllers using an EFI prompt so they became one controller. It took an afternoon of research, but I eventually flashed both of them to IT mode and it worked as expected. I'm pretty sure this thread helped me at the time:
Good luck!
This caught me. I had to restore my instance from backup yesterday after loading the app and it not working. I use the fdroid version and it won't be updated for a while...
Remember, always backup you data, kids.
Excited for this and perfect for the Steam Deck, but I doubt I'll get it yet. The early access aspect is putting me off, and I'd rather play the full game.
#PunchableFaces
Sker Ritual has been taking up my time. It's basically CoD Zombies with another name and different aesthetic. Great fun, and even better as co-op with friends.
The queue times in this game are bad enough as it is. To make people who've ONLY paid $50 wait longer than others, is completely unforgivable.
Absolute misguided greed.
Not the game I ever would recommend
Minishoot Adventures. A cross between Zelda and a Bullet Hell. Honestly, great fun and perfect for the Steam Deck. I've had a hard time putting it down. Shame about the name tho :)
If by locally you mean all on the same PC, then absolutely. Anything can be a server. Look into running docker on your PC, and then running a Navidrome container on that. There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's nothing a YouTube video couldn't teach you (pay attention to anything about persistent storage). Once you have it running, connect to it with 127.0.0.1:4533 (localhost) using a browser, scan your media, and then connect your clients to it with 127.0.0.1 too. Good luck :)
The HBA can definitely handle hot swapping, but I'm pretty sure you need a backplane for it to work. If I remember correctly, it needs the capacitors on the backplane's PCB to allow for the power drain. I'm not sure those cables alone will do.