Jerry Tunin Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Looking for a SAS card for a Supermicro server I got a bargain on. It came with a LSI MegaRAID 9260-4i 512MB but my search found that it doesn't do JBOD. So I am looking for recommendations for a good alternative. Possibly an older card that won't break the bank. Would like it to support larger drives though maybe up to at least 6tb. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Jerry Tunin Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 7 hours ago, johnnie.black said: Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. Excellent, thank you. Quote Link to comment
coolspot Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) On 6/1/2019 at 2:35 AM, johnnie.black said: Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. I would get a 9207+ series, it uses PCIe 3.0 ... and in some cases cheaper than the classic 9211-8i which is PCIe 2.0. For hard drives it doesn't matter, but helps if you have SSD caches on the controller. I picked up my controller from the seller qbtl on eBay... his cards seem to be fine, been using a 9211-8i from that seller for about 3 years no issues and just ordered a 9207-8i (waiting for it to come in the mail). Edited June 11, 2019 by coolspot Quote Link to comment
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