May 3, 20206 yr Im new to unraid and looking to building my unraid server. I start with my old gaming PC to convert it. as i was reading everybody said some things which sas/sata controler to pick so my question is which of the two. https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/accessories/addon/AOC-S3008L-L8i.php this one is 240 euro this is a raid card? https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/accessories/addon/AOC-S3008L-L8e.php this one is 230 euro this is IT/HBA? https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i this one is 330 euro. they both seems to have the same chipset i think. the supermicro seems to be 2u and the LSI one 1u. also on the supermicro site i see Compatible with Supermicro motherboards only. i have a asus maximus ranger VII mainboard. So if this is true its for supermicro mainboards only the choice would be the LSI one. Edited May 3, 20206 yr by KoNeko
May 4, 20206 yr You can find much cheaper used server pulls on ebay, if you don't mind used, any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed.
May 4, 20206 yr Author 6 hours ago, johnnie.black said: You can find much cheaper used server pulls on ebay, if you don't mind used, any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. Ok cool so the supermicro is a good choice. Might be me but i rather have something new than used unless i know who used it my self the super micro has a Broadcom 3008 SAS controller on it.
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