Meller Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I have a chenbro 4U running my unraid server. It has 24 bays in it, in which it would "normally" have 3x LSI 9211-8i, with each card taking 2 SAS cables from the backplanes, blah blah blah, etc etc. I'm wanting to get a 10Gbe NIC and install it in my server, instead of using the 1Gbe. But in order to do that, I have to give up one of my 3 slots, which as we've discovered... are reserved for the 9211-8i's. I'm guessing there is no 9211-16i (I googled, didn't find... though I didn't google very deeply). So, does anyone have any recommendations on a SAS Controller, that will allow for 4 SAS cables rocking 16 hard drives total? I'm fairly certain it won't be that difficult to find a low profile 10Gbe (or high profile) so I'm not too worried about that. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 What about the 9201-16i? Quote Link to comment
ecuster Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I have been using two 9201-16i cards for over five years and have never had a problem with them. I currently run unRaid on top of ESXi and pass the cards through to unRaid. The entire system has always been rock solid; I've never had any issues with it. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I have a chenbro 4U running my unraid server. It has 24 bays in it, in which it would "normally" have 3x LSI 9211-8i, with each card taking 2 SAS cables from the backplanes, blah blah blah, etc etc. I'm wanting to get a 10Gbe NIC and install it in my server, instead of using the 1Gbe. But in order to do that, I have to give up one of my 3 slots, which as we've discovered... are reserved for the 9211-8i's. I'm guessing there is no 9211-16i (I googled, didn't find... though I didn't google very deeply). So, does anyone have any recommendations on a SAS Controller, that will allow for 4 SAS cables rocking 16 hard drives total? I'm fairly certain it won't be that difficult to find a low profile 10Gbe (or high profile) so I'm not too worried about that. Thanks guys. Wholly Molly, I just bought a chenbro 41824 currently only have 10 drives using an Intel rs2wc080 and a Intel rs2wc040 in IT mode. I have 8 drives on the rs2wc080 (they are in a cage) so mini-sas to mini-sas and the other 4 are on the 040 with a forward breakouts to sata, those drives are on a 3 5.25 x 4 3.5 hddsAnyhow I was hoping to get away with using my current Intel cards..Sent from my Nokia 7.1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I use 9201-16i server pulls. I have several. You could also use a SAS expander. I have that in two of my 48 bay Chenbro servers. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I have was planning to use 2 of the 8i since eventually I want to use 24 drives. Sent from my Nokia 7.1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I use 9201-16i server pulls. I have several. You could also use a SAS expander. I have that in two of my 48 bay Chenbro servers.What brand of was expander would you recommend?Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Not sure if anyone has tried the 9305-16i or 9400-16i, if they need or want Pcie 3.0 or nvme. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 11:39 PM, ijuarez said: What brand of was expander would you recommend? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk The expanders I currently have are built into my Chenbro NR40700 cases (on the drive back planes) - so probably a Chenbro expander. I have a few Intel RES2SV240s that I used before I switched to the LSI-9201-16i's in my Norco cases. Last change I made was to increase my drive density. I went back to expanders - the Chenbro expanders built into the NR40700 cases. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 The expanders I currently have are built into my Chenbro NR40700 cases (on the drive back planes) - so probably a Chenbro expander. I have a few Intel RES2SV240s that I used before I switched to the LSI-9201-16i's in my Norco cases. Last change I made was to increase my drive density. I went back to expanders - the Chenbro expanders built into the NR40700 cases.Cool I have the rm418 chenbro 24 disk, no expander on that. So I bought an hp 24 port expander and got 2 Lsi 9208i in IT mode to connect to the expander and then onto the backplaneSent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
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