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SAS and SATA Controllers

PCI

Non-RAID

Promise SATA300 TX4 - 2 port Promise FastTrak TX2300 - 4 port

PCIe x4

Non-RAID

UIO

Supermicro AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR:

  • Great price
  • Low Profile
  • No audible alerts
  • Like LSI 9261-8i but UIO
  • BTR-0018L-0000-LSI (LSI00161 IBBU07) Battery Backup

http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR.cfm

PCIe x8

Non-RAID

http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-m1015-part-1-started-lsi-92208i/

IBM M1015

  • OEM of LSI 9220-8i

LSI SAS 9207-4i/8i/8e/4i4e

  • SAS2308 processor
  • PCIe 3.0
  • Comes with IT (JBOD) firmware
  • Available IR (RAID) firmware
    • RAID 0, 1, 10, and 10E
  • Cost-effective

http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9207-4i4e.aspx

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100006519&isNodeId=1&Description=9207-&x=0&y=0

LSI 9211-8i:

  • software RAID (RAIDZ)
  • needs cooling
  • IT Firmware
  • 6Gbps SAS2
  • Low Profile

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118112

RAID

3Ware 9750-4i:

  • SAS2
  • 512MB
  • Low Profile

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116109

LSI 9260-4i:

  • Forward connector location

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118106

Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-H8iR:

  • 8 ports (2x SFF-8087)
  • Low profile
  • Forward connector location (needs longer cables)
  • Has buzzer for audible alerts
  • Lower cost than LSI version
  • BTR-0018L-0000-LSI (LSI00161 IBBU07) Battery Backup

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Supermicro-Add-on-Card-AOC-SAS2LP-H8IR-storage-controller-SAS-2-PCI-E/2328208.aspx

LSI 9261-8i:

  • Great connector location
  • Low Profile
  • Best choice for 1U
  • No audible alerts?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118132

9265-8i:

  • Latest and greatest
  • 6Gb/s
  • Low Profile
  • Dual-Core 2208 ROC
  • 1GB cache
  • DDR3/1333

http://md-storage-data.com/channel/news/review/2011_04_28.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118159

computing/storage/controllers.txt · Last modified: 2013/11/17 09:10 by gcooper