Trackpads Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I bought the card below and was using it fine. I replaced it with an HP H240 HBA and am using it now but feel like it is slower. Both cards are connected to 6 x 1tb ssds. Which one is actually faster? Still learning and appreciate responses. The one I have now: (6x sata to 6x sata) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097NKJSDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The HP H240 (2x sas to 6x sata) https://hwf.com.ua/content/uploads/files/quickspecs-hp-h240-smart-host-bus-adapter.pdf Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 No one? If this is obvious then please tell me lol. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 HP will have more bandwidth, but check that trim works, never tried one of these. Quote Link to comment
GRRRRRRR Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 The H240 has (8 physical links x 12Gb/s) also from the PDF Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives; deploy drive technology as needed Looks like a firmware update is needed to support the SSDs better. What are these SSDs that this HBA can not saturate, but the Asmedia ASM1166 can ? Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 It was anecdotal , but I did run crystal diskmark in a vm on both and the HP was noticeably slower. A better question then maybe is what do you guys recommend instead of either? They are WD Green 1TBs. Thanks so much!!! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 HP is better if it supports trim, try trimming the SSDs. Quote Link to comment
GRRRRRRR Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 My current build is combining many parts so I would use the Asmedia, after testing, to verify stability under full load. For new builds, if I spend new money, that investment goes into NVMe PCI-e for the newer chipset on the drive, lower latency higher IOPS If I have leftover cash and space inside the machine, I can put any cheap thing that performs stable after testing. If I need to swap specific drives often, I like Broadcom latest chipsets with support and firmware updates. If I don't want to buy that, I like the latest AMD sata controllers. Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 I thought Trim was already enabled for btfrs? These are all in pools. I hadnt thought of NVME but getting enough would require more hardware. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 38 minutes ago, Trackpads said: I thought Trim was already enabled for btfrs? It is, but it's not supported by the controller it won't work, type fstrim -v /mnt/mountpoint and see if it's successful Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 I got this: Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 So should I stick with the ASMedia or move to the HBA? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Already answered, the HBA has more bandwidth, since trim is supported it's a superior controller. 1 Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 ah ok, that trim test above was with the asmedia. I will try it with the HBA this weekend. Thanks so much!!! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Yeah, try trim with the HP, with the Asmedia we know it works. Quote Link to comment
Trackpads Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Will do this weekend and thanks again!! Quote Link to comment
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