March 19, 201511 yr Looking at a motherboard with the following.. SAS Controller : 4 x MiniSAS connector(Marvell 88SE9485 x 2) Do any hotswap cages, have a sas port on the back...then breakout on the inside of the cage?
March 19, 201511 yr Not aware of any 5-in-3 or 4-in-3 cages that use breakout connectors; but all you need is the appropriate cable to connect the SATA ports to the motherboard's mini-SAS connector. What's the make/model of the motherboard?
March 20, 201511 yr Author Not aware of any 5-in-3 or 4-in-3 cages that use breakout connectors; but all you need is the appropriate cable to connect the SATA ports to the motherboard's mini-SAS connector. What's the make/model of the motherboard? Thinking about this one ASUS - P9A-I/C2750/SAS/4L https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/P9AIC2750SAS4L/ SAS Controller : 4 x MiniSAS connector(Marvell 88SE9485 x 2) I mean it's not a big deal..... if I just have to use a regular breakout cable. It would just be cool, to be able to hook up one cable to a cage...
March 20, 201511 yr Very nice board -- with an amazing number of drive connections !! I suspect you'll have to use standard breakout connectors, however, as I'm not aware of any 5-in-3 or 4-in-3 cages that don't use individual SATA connections. I agree the cable routing would be much nicer if they did
March 20, 201511 yr Author Very nice board -- with an amazing number of drive connections !! I suspect you'll have to use standard breakout connectors, however, as I'm not aware of any 5-in-3 or 4-in-3 cages that don't use individual SATA connections. I agree the cable routing would be much nicer if they did Yea really cool board, now just trying to find one I mean it's not as bad, as having 16 sata cables connected to the mobo.
March 25, 201511 yr just been looking at this board too ... looks great! a fairly good review here: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6599/asus-p9a-i-c2550-sas-4l-intel-avoton-server-motherboard-review/index.html
March 25, 201511 yr My unraid box's motherboard has been in continual service since February of 2008. Time to get a new one. I've actually been coveting this board for a couple of months now. But I've been hesitating on pulling the trigger because there is a review on Newegg from a guy who said he couldn't get it to boot from usb. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132230 Also in the last paragraph of the tweaktown review they mention memory compatibility issues. "The P9A-I/C2550/SAS/4L motherboard is also fussy about memory used. None of our normal DDR3 server memory would work with this motherboard. The PA-I only has support for UDIMM with ECC memory, non-ECC UDIMM's are allowed, but not recommended. Be sure to check the Memory/Device support section for supported memory on this platform." I was only able to find Asus's suggested memory at one or 2 online retailers I've never used before. And nowhere could I find memory sticks that would allow you to max out the ram on this board.
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