December 25, 201510 yr Hi, I have a need for a PCIx 2.x (or 3.x) 4 lanes controller card for 8 hd's. I have several M1015's but the PCIx connector is closed at the end on the MB, and I neither want to mod the MB nor the M1015's. What card works with unraid 6.1.6... I live in the EU . Thanks!!!
December 25, 201510 yr It's not a v2 card, so you'd have some bandwidth limitations ... but the SASLP-MV8's are very reliable PCIe x4 cards. I don't know if anyone's used it with UnRAID, but the SYBA SI-PEX40097 is a PCIe x4 v2.0 card that supports up to 16 drives. With 16 drives that would also be bandwidth limited; but if you didn't connect more than ~ 10 drives you wouldn't be throttling anything. I assume it works with UnRAID, as many other Marvell-based SYBA cards are in use, but didn't find this specific one mentioned in the thread.
December 26, 201510 yr Author It's not a v2 card, so you'd have some bandwidth limitations ... but the SASLP-MV8's are very reliable PCIe x4 cards. I don't know if anyone's used it with UnRAID, but the SYBA SI-PEX40097 is a PCIe x4 v2.0 card that supports up to 16 drives. With 16 drives that would also be bandwidth limited; but if you didn't connect more than ~ 10 drives you wouldn't be throttling anything. I assume it works with UnRAID, as many other Marvell-based SYBA cards are in use, but didn't find this specific one mentioned in the thread. I need it to remove some bandwith limitations, so a SASLP-MV8 is no good. The SYBA SI-PEX40097 seems ok, but the price is more than twice for a M1015. Maybe I need to mutilate a M1015 after all... Anyway, thanks for the suggestions...
December 27, 201510 yr ... Maybe I need to mutilate a M1015 after all... I'd think it's easier to simply cut off the end cap on the slot on the motherboard. VERY easy to do with a Dremel ... although you DO have to be VERY careful
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