Controller Cards

[MotherMayI]

I'm currently looking in to the possibility of setting up a NAS server, however - I want it to have as much storage as possible, and for it to be easily upgraded.

Is there a limitation to the amount of storage, or controller cards, a motherboard would accept? For example, would it be possible for me to start off with the standard Motherboard SATA connectors and 3 HDD's, then add multiple SATA controller cards (each with multiple independent drivers on them) over time?

Are there any kind of problems, both hardware and software wise, should I be aware of?

 

[MotherMayI]

Great, thanks - Just what I wanted to hear. I will be using Linux, so I assumed there would be no problem there.. However, I thought some motherboards might find it hard to handle a large number of drives.

 

[MotherMayI]

I dont know, which is why I want it to be easily scalable. I want to be able to start with a couple of 1TB drives straight on to the mobo, then upgrade with controller cards + hdd's as needed.