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Want to build a NAS!!

Hello guys, I want to build a free nas a box and my hardware will be an asus P9D-X DDR3 - LGA1150 Server Motherboard and a xeon E3 1231 v3 processes and with 8 wd red hdd 4 tb each. But I need help in putting all those drive. how to use a hba card special (New LSI Internal SAS SATA 9211-8i 6Gbps 8 Ports HBA )

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HBA card setups as follows.

1. Plug in.

 

more specifically use a cable that connects your hba card to the drives. This cable is a SFF 8087 according to LSI's website. so buy 2 cables that are SFF to sata or sas depending on your drives. and just plug them in. 

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