I do not see a RAID controller card in the pictures, but some of the literature eludes to one coming with it.. If it does not come with one, what would the price be for that option?

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This does not come with a controller card. It can be used with a whole range of popular controller cards, and the prices for them range from the low hundreds or so, up to the thousands. It all depends really on the number of drives you intend to RAID, and the feature set you want. For example, I use an Areca 20-drive card (16 internal and 4 external), which ran about $1,000. But, there are many others you can use.

This item is ideal if you are maxed out on an internal RAID and want to make use of the external connections for your RAID card. If you’re only going to be using this externally, though, then you’re probably better off not buying this, and buying a full NAS device instead, in which the RAID mechanism would be self-contained.

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