Hello Harry, when you want to connect SATA drives it is recommend to use only 4 drives per SFF8087-SAS-connector and not more. When you use SAS drives you can use up to 256 HDDs but you need the corresponding hardware like backplane or/and expander.
I prefer this card and you have the possibility to connect 8 HDDs: http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9211-8i.aspx LSI 2008 SAS controller, 6Gb/s the LSI1068 have 3Gb/s and is EOL. http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9211-8i.aspx#tab/tab5 Here you can see what cables you need. The red cables CBL-SFF8087OCF-XXM are only for SATA without a backplane. Attention dont buy this one CBL-SFF8087OCR-XXM its a reverse cable https://store.lsi.com/index.cfm/Clearance/Internal-Multi_Lane-Cables/CBL-SFF8087OCR-10M/ I had done this. :'( or the equal from supermicro: AOC-USAS2-L8i or AOC-USAS2-L8e http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/storage_cards.cfm The SM AOC-Card is cheaper and the only thing that is different to the LSI card is the back bracket. You have to modify it to fix the card in a non SM case. 140 Bucks to 300 Bucks. today price from newegg.com :) Thats a lot. or the IBM Serveraid M1015 http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/ibm-serveraid-m1015-90y4556-a815389.html All three have the LSI 2008 SAS controller inside. In each case you have set the card to IT-Mode and all is fine. 9211-8i_Package_P19_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip > Is the big brother of the above device more appropriate? > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9QSnU5Y0ObEPMFYeXsJhx8rT4KCwHypodSscs5OAWwqcaAjN78P8HAQ&Item=N82E16816118133&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Controllers+%2f+RAID+Cards-_-N82E16816118133&ef_id=U9g1pQAABU0QZGhN:20140810220043:s This card have 4 internal SATA Ports and one SFF-8088 multi-lane connector to a SAS drive enclosure. Hope it helps. On August, 11 2014, 12:25 <Harry Putnam> wrote in [1]: > Re-iterating the basic hardware involved: > HP xw8600 with 2x CPU 5470 3.33Ghz and 32 GB of RAM > Is this the kind of thing folks are thinking of when suggesting a SAS > card: > (not sure what mail encoding might do, but this should be all one line) > http://www.serversdirect.com/Components/RAID__HBAs/id-DC7125/LSI_SAS_HBA_9211-4i?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9QR6E11DYPDk3igwN6YRQhEptdXPnYXPOGVopqtjurmMaAnCq8P8HAQ > Can anyone offer a clue what the marketers of this device might be > talking about under Marketing Information: > The LSI SAS 9211-4i host bus adapter provides the greatest > available throughput to internal server storage arrays through four > internal 6Gb/s ports, driving up to 256 SAS and SATA physical > devices. This HBA offers dynamic SAS functionality including > dual-port drive redundancy and SATA compatibility. Utilizing one > internal x4 SFF8087 Mini-SAS connector, the low-profile SAS 9211-4i > is an excellent fit for 1U and 2U servers. > I'm pretty confused about the write up... > The bit about "driving up to 256 SAS and SATA physical devices", in > particular > Am I right in thinking this would add 4 internal SAS/SATA ports? Or > is this something else entirely? > ------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- > Is the big brother of the above device more appropriate? > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9QSnU5Y0ObEPMFYeXsJhx8rT4KCwHypodSscs5OAWwqcaAjN78P8HAQ&Item=N82E16816118133&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Controllers+%2f+RAID+Cards-_-N82E16816118133&ef_id=U9g1pQAABU0QZGhN:20140810220043:s > Or am I missing the ball altogether? -- Best Regards Alexander August, 12 2014 ........ [1] mid:x4lhqvjpbv....@newsguy.com ........ _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
