jbartlett Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157470 22 SATA3 ports! My heart just skipped a beat! Now I wonder if the board supports IOMUU and if UNRAID supports the "LSI SAS 3008 Controller+ 3X24R Expander" Oh my god. I'm drooling. Quote Link to comment
Venares Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 ASRock so probably a good chance it supports IOMMU / VT-d Quote Link to comment
jbartlett Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 ASRock so probably a good chance it supports IOMMU / VT-d $539.99 demands more than a good chance. Researching.... Quote Link to comment
jbartlett Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Submitted a tech support question to ASRock asking them. Quote Link to comment
tcharron Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Gigabyte Z77-DS3H is a lot cheaper (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128547), and supports iommu vt-x vt-d. I have an i7-3770 in mine, and am certainly hoping it will work well with unRaid 6 (haven't tried yet). This mb and an m1015 card get me all the ports I need. Quote Link to comment
jbartlett Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Gigabyte Z77-DS3H is a lot cheaper (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128547), and supports iommu vt-x vt-d. I have an i7-3770 in mine, and am certainly hoping it will work well with unRaid 6 (haven't tried yet). This mb and an m1015 card get me all the ports I need. It doesn't support my needs though with PCIe16 slots and the PCI slots are just wasted space for me. Quote Link to comment
jbartlett Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 ASRock so probably a good chance it supports IOMMU / VT-d $539.99 demands more than a good chance. Researching.... Tech support pointed me to the manual for the MB and it says: Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems V T-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O helps your virtual machine monitor better utilize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. Which doesn't exactly answer my question but it does look very promising. I'll ponder it for a few seconds more wait until I can confirm that UNRAID supports the LSI 3008 controller before buying it. Quote Link to comment
bkastner Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 ASRock so probably a good chance it supports IOMMU / VT-d $539.99 demands more than a good chance. Researching.... Tech support pointed me to the manual for the MB and it says: Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems V T-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O helps your virtual machine monitor better utilize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. Which doesn't exactly answer my question but it does look very promising. I'll ponder it for a few seconds more wait until I can confirm that UNRAID supports the LSI 3008 controller before buying it. ASrock is really good at VT-D support, so you are likely safe. At worst, buy it from somewhere that has a good return policy. As long as you have the other components (ram & cpu) you can always test it and return it if you don't like it. Quote Link to comment
rhinoman Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 ASRock so probably a good chance it supports IOMMU / VT-d $539.99 demands more than a good chance. Researching.... Tech support pointed me to the manual for the MB and it says: Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems V T-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O helps your virtual machine monitor better utilize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. Which doesn't exactly answer my question but it does look very promising. I'll ponder it for a few seconds more wait until I can confirm that UNRAID supports the LSI 3008 controller before buying it. In the UK too. http://www.onestoppcshop.co.uk/asrock-z87-extreme11-ac.html?gclid=CJuamv2Jy7wCFVKWtAodXn4Asw Quote Link to comment
unexpectedly Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Apologies for being late and/or not quite on topic, I have a 3008 series raid controller I got new for $200. I talk about it on my other post in this forum. Quote Link to comment
meep Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 works great for me. Full virtualization support, flexible PCIe set up, 8x onboard SATA (seperate 6/2 controllers) and with an 8 core CPU provides plenty of scope for virtualisation. No onboard video is the only drawback I've found so far. Peter Quote Link to comment
Shinobi Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Now that it has been a while, what has been the best motherboard so far in 2018 ? (which is good with iommu groups & hardly has anything shared). I have seen certain motherboard manuals(Threadripper-based), that don't have that PCI sharing table listed. Can I assume these are board don't share any IRQs ? Quote Link to comment
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