March 22, 20179 yr Hi, I been really happy with unraid, so much that im planning a new build, in the past i used IBM 1015 because they were cheap and easy to flash, never i had an issue with it. But i would like to consider other hba on this new build, specially better performers that are supported by unraid out of the box. Im open to 8/16/24 HBAs, i dont have a budget set for them. Thanks for any suggestions,
March 22, 20179 yr Unless your new build is not running with SSD's as array drives, there is no need to look for something more powerful than the SAS2008 based cards. The bottle neck will still be the spinners. But if you insist, there are SAS3008 based cards out there but we have little experience collected so far. I don't know if Limetech has already build in drivers for specific cards that they consider to be preferred to go with in future - I doubt.
March 22, 20179 yr SAS2308 based controllers are supported, e.g., LSI 9207-8i, but like Fireball3 mentioned,unless you're using SSDs or an expander with many HDDs (and your board supports PCIe 3.0) the SAS2008 has more than enough bandwidth. Edited March 22, 20179 yr by johnnie.black
March 23, 20179 yr I like the LSI 9201-16i as it has 16 ports and works without flashing in unRAID. It is SAS2116 based so no increase in performance over SAS2008 (that I know of) just more ports. Edited March 23, 20179 yr by BobPhoenix
January 6, 20188 yr Sorry for so many questions, I know nothing about HBAs. I'm looking at this for about $50: HP 660088-001 H220 2-Port SAS 6G PCI-E HBA SAS9205-8i I'll be able to just plug and play with something like that? Or do I need one that has enough "ports" on it as I have total drive bays, if I want to expand later?
January 6, 20188 yr 7 minutes ago, Carpesimia said: Sorry for so many questions, I know nothing about HBAs. I'm looking at this for about $50: HP 660088-001 H220 2-Port SAS 6G PCI-E HBA SAS9205-8i I'll be able to just plug and play with something like that? Or do I need one that has enough "ports" on it as I have total drive bays, if I want to expand later? Fyi...that guy is accepting offers down to $30 per card. I just bought several.
January 6, 20188 yr 9 minutes ago, StevenD said: Fyi...that guy is accepting offers down to $30 per card. I just bought several. You the man! Thanks for the tip!!
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