Justin Piszcz wrote (ao):
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Sander wrote:
>> Justin Piszcz wrote (ao):
>>> Its too bad that there are no regular > 4 port SATA PCI-e controllers
>>> out there.
>>
>> Is there a disadvantage to using a SaS controller from for example
>> lsi.com ?
>>
>> http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/index.html
>>
>> I haven't tried them yet, but on paper it looks like an option, no?
>
> Hmm that is also a good idea- but I am afraid there could be a
> similiar issue where it tries to do weird caching stuff, even when the
> drives are in JBOD. Unless they offer a !raid SAS controller that
> supports SATA drives.
I guess they are cheap enough to try (I haven't yet):
PCIe:
http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3080xr/index.html
PCI-X
http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3081er/index.html
All SaS hardware (controllers, chassis, etc) support SATA disks AFAIK.
I have good experience with the Supermicro 8-Port SATA Card
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm
But that is PCI-X while you requested PCIe.
With kind regards, Sander
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