theone Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Will this work with unRAID? http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3081er/ It seems cheaper then the supermicro 8x SATA HBA. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.51316 Although google checkout shows the price as x2 higher !? Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 The LSI is a Hardware RAID card, not a simple SATA Expansion card like the SuperMicro. Therefore, I'm not surprised that you would pay double for it. The dealextreme price you found is surprising. I don't know if the LSI card will work with unRAID or not. Doesn't seem worth the risk in my opinion. By the way, you can generally find the Supermicro card for under $100. Here's what I always do: Find it on Superbiiz Use this site to find a Superbiiz promo code. The current one is $10 off, but they often have $15 off ones as well. I've bought the Supermicro card for as low as $96 this way. Superbiiz seems to consistently be the cheapest place to obtain the Supermicro card, and their customer service is great as well. Quote Link to comment
jamerson9 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 It looks like a LSI1068e based card, which means no official support as of now. Some progress has been made by SK to make this work.UnRAID on VMWare ESXi with Raw Device Mapping Also a couple of threads in the Hardware forum on this chipset based cards. Quote Link to comment
theone Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Is there a future for this LSI 1068E-based controller under unRAID v5.0 ? Quote Link to comment
bcbgboy13 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I believe they do work now (there is still no temperature reporting and perhaps other small quirks) but this probably will be fixed one day. You probably will have to make sure the card is flashed with the non-RAID "IT" firmware. Quote Link to comment
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