From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ram Ramesh Subject: Re: Looking to pick PCIe x4/x8 4+ SATA expansion card recommendation. Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:43:20 -0500 Message-ID: <56F98958.3020704@gmail.com> References: <56F97B91.4070302@gmail.com> <22265.33776.226233.227426@quad.stoffel.home> <22265.34078.125691.255754@quad.stoffel.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <22265.34078.125691.255754@quad.stoffel.home> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: John Stoffel Cc: Linux Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 03/28/2016 02:25 PM, John Stoffel wrote: > I just went back and checked, and I got the: > > LSI 9211 SAS9211-8i 8port low profile 6Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapter > > which was a DELL brand controller. The 9207 is another model which is > also recommended, but this is from 2014 or even earlier. There might > be newer models out there. > > I paid $123 plus shipping. Been very happy with it, not problems at > all. I searched your description and got this > http://www.ebay.com/itm/LSI-SAS-9211-8i-6Gbps-8Port-PCI-Express-SATA-SAS-Host-Bus-Adapter-Hot-/380703631558 Is this the one you are talking about? In my message I mentions this, > www.ebay.com/itm/like/252048579357?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true Mine is cheaper, so it worries me (BTW, for LSI 9211-8i, the prices are all over the place). Yours claims RAID capability (assuming IR firmware) and the other seem to be no raid (may be IT firmware) Both are from China, and like you say, not sure what I will get. Ramesh