February 5, 201115 yr Just bought one of these unRAID supported cards on Ebay for $89 with free shipping. They are brand new and include 8 SATA cables. http://cgi.ebay.com/Supermicro-AOC-SAT2-MV8-8-Port-SATA-II-Controller-Card-/250762990283?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a62a392cb 8 left after I bought mine but I'm guessing they will have more. Newegg sells these for $104.99 and $10 shipping. DISCLAIMER: I am not the seller...AND...these are PCI-X cards (although my RocketRaid 1820a PCI-X card works just fine in a regular PCI slot). Enjoy! John
February 5, 201115 yr Is there any advantage between this and models like the SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 that utilize breakout cables? Less cables to manage would be the first thing I can see.
February 5, 201115 yr This is a PCI card, not a PCIe card. The PCI card very limiting in terms of bandwidth. You would be very unhappy loading this card up with drives. You'd be lucky to get 12 MB/sec parity check performance. The SASLP is an 8 port PCIe card, which will yield good performance fully loaded. DO NOT BUY THIS CARD UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PCI-X, PCI, and PCIe BUSES. See this thread.
February 5, 201115 yr Bus Type: 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X VERY few motherboards have PCI-X slots. If you have one that does, this board might be a good choice for you. Still not as good as a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 in a PCIe x4 (or better) slot (if one is available). If you have PCIe slots, and no PCI-X slots, this is a poor choice.
February 6, 201115 yr I have both a SASLP and a SAT2-MV8 and tested the bandwidth on my motherboard (Supermicro X7SBE) the SAT2-MV8 outperformed the SASLP. My results here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=8705.msg85190#msg85190 Also you can get the SAT2-MV8 card new, shipped free from ewiz right now for $83.29.
February 6, 201115 yr I have both a SASLP and a SAT2-MV8 and tested the bandwidth on my motherboard (Supermicro X7SBE) the SAT2-MV8 outperformed the SASLP. My results here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=8705.msg85190#msg85190 Also you can get the SAT2-MV8 card new, shipped free from ewiz right now for $83.29. You are also running a $240 motherboard with multiple PCI-X channels. This is not a typical motherboard. Caveat emptor!
February 6, 201115 yr Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the SAT2-MV8 was a good choice for a PCI slot, I used a SAT2-MV8 with my original motherboard a few years back, and it was painful even with the small drive sizes back then. I was replying to this comment: VERY few motherboards have PCI-X slots. If you have one that does, this board might be a good choice for you. Still not as good as a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 in a PCIe x4 (or better) slot (if one is available). I purchased my motherboard for about $160 as an open box at newegg. I think at that price it is still a viable option today. At $240+ not so much. I bought the motherboard since I already had the SAT2-MV8 and so the PCI-X ports were very attractive.
February 6, 201115 yr Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the SAT2-MV8 was a good choice for a PCI slot, I used a SAT2-MV8 with my original motherboard a few years back, and it was painful even with the small drive sizes back then. I was replying to this comment: VERY few motherboards have PCI-X slots. If you have one that does, this board might be a good choice for you. Still not as good as a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 in a PCIe x4 (or better) slot (if one is available). I purchased my motherboard for about $160 as an open box at newegg. I think at that price it is still a viable option today. At $240+ not so much. I bought the motherboard since I already had the SAT2-MV8 and so the PCI-X ports were very attractive. Thanks for clarifying. The OP made his first post in this thead, and I did not want him to get the impression that this was a good choice for a PCI slot. I looked at your linked post. The Supermicro MBD-X7SBE looks like a nice board. I don't see any deals on them on newegg at the moment. I have an old AOC-SAT2-MV8 that is benched that I'd love to be able to use again. Drop me a PM if you happen to see your MB on sale at a good price!
February 6, 201115 yr I looked at your linked post. The Supermicro MBD-X7SBE looks like a nice board. I don't see any deals on them on newegg at the moment. I have an old AOC-SAT2-MV8 that is benched that I'd love to be able to use again. Drop me a PM if you happen to see your MB on sale at a good price! They do pop up but they seem to go fairly quickly. Most recently I posted this deal: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10518.msg99925#msg99925 I'll send you a PM if I see another.
February 6, 201115 yr If your thinking of the X7SBE you might consider WiredZone. They sell the IPMI card for it as well as the motherboard itself.
February 6, 201115 yr So what's the difference between the AOC-SIMLC-HTC ($48) and the AOC-SIMLC ($65)? (Besides the cost )
February 6, 201115 yr So what's the difference between the AOC-SIMLC-HTC ($48) and the AOC-SIMLC ($65)? (Besides the cost ) Personally I like the AOC-SIM1U+ ($87.96 at WiredZone) because you get KVM over Lan for the X7SBE with the separate lan connection the manual says it needs. The AOC-SIMLC-HTC only does SOL (Serial over Lan) I got one of those by mistake. If anybody wants it I might be able to find it. Not sure about the AOC-SIMLC.
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