From: Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@gmail.com>
To: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>
Cc: Linux Raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Looking to pick PCIe x4/x8 4+ SATA expansion card recommendation.
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:43:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56F98958.3020704@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22265.34078.125691.255754@quad.stoffel.home>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-28 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-28 18:44 Looking to pick PCIe x4/x8 4+ SATA expansion card recommendation Ram Ramesh
2016-03-28 19:20 ` John Stoffel
2016-03-28 19:25 ` John Stoffel
2016-03-28 19:43 ` Ram Ramesh [this message]
2016-03-28 20:07 ` John Stoffel
2016-03-28 21:03 ` Wols Lists
2016-03-28 19:35 ` Andreas Klauer
2016-03-28 19:42 ` Ram Ramesh
2016-03-28 19:41 ` Phil Turmel
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