Freeing up a PCIe Slot - Alternative to SAS2LP SAS controllers?


ramesivi

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I have 4 PCI-e 2.0 x8 ports on my server motherboard. 3 of them are filled with 3 SAS2LP-MV8 SAS controllers, the other is filled with a 10G NIC card. I'd like to add an NVMe SSD cache drive to go with my 10G network but it's not possible unless I free up a PCIe slot.

 

Any suggestions? Is there a way for me to condense these 3 SAS2LPs into 1  or 2 cards without causing a PCIe bottleneck?  

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37 minutes ago, trurl said:

Consolidate your data onto fewer larger disks so you don't need so many connections.

I already have 24x 12TB disks and need the space. Upgrading to 18x 16TB drives would leave me with next to no room for future expansion and it'd be something like $10,000. No thanks... lol

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