What's the 2016's Value for Money SATA 3 controller capable of 8 TB? Ebay only

[jang430]

Hello.  I'd like to know everyone's opinion on what's today's value for money controller capable of 8TB?  I see a lot of Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8, AOC-SAS2LP-MV8, but these posts are from waaaaaay waaaaaay back   Any inexpensive cards for 8 Drives?  PCIe.

 

Thanks

[CHBMB]

I've not tested it with 8TB drives but the Dell Perc H310 is fairly cheaply found on ebay and can be reflashed to use in Unraid.

[jang430]

So after flashing, will work perfectly with 6.9?  No issues with pre-clearing, etc? 

 

Do we need to talk about performance between this and Supermicro?  LSI?  Does chipsets matter here?

[JorgeB]

Get a LSI based controller, like the above mentioned H310 or IBM M1015.

 

Supermicro SAS2LP has similar performance but it can have some issues, it only affects a few users but not worth the risk, SASLP works fine but is somewhat bandwidth challenged.

 

 

[jang430]

Thanks Johnnie.Black. I saw it is relatively inexpensive. A follow up question.  Does this mean when I get the card,  flash to newer firmware? End result is it will be a plain sata controller?

 

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[JorgeB]

It has to be flashed to IT mode making it a standard HBA, without RAID functions.

[jang430]

Thanks. Will start shopping.

 

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[Shadowrunner]

I can confirm the Dell H310 works just fine when flashed. I found mine for £20 on Ebay.

 

SR

[jang430]

Hello Shadowrunner, where did you get the firmware from?  LSI website?  What's the version you used?  The latest?  Can I know the drive size you're using?

[jang430]

Last question, need some validation, is this it?  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-H310-Perc-Adapter-8-Port-6Gb-s-SAS-RAID-Controller-HV52W-w-MJVMK-/252197871865?hash=item3ab82a20f9:g:R~4AAOSwbdpWYLQI

 

Product description says Dell PowerEdge H310 Perc Adapter 8-Port 6Gb/s SAS RAID Controller HV52W w/ MJVMK, not sure what the "HV52W w/ MJVMK" means.  Are there variations to this product? 

 

Is it correct that I need cables such as these? 1M Mini SAS SFF-8087 36-PIN to 4 SATA 7-PIN HD Splitter Breakout Cable http://www.ebay.com/itm/251525355429

 

Thank you all.

[CHBMB]

Card looks fine to me.

 

Those cables look good too, cheaper than I've ever seen them (I'm in the UK though) 

 

Just make sure the cables are forward breakout cables, couldn't see anything on the listing to 100% confirm that.

[jang430]

CHBMB, thanks for the reply.  I thought it looks like that,  and it is a forward breakout cable.  Is there something else that look similar that isn't a forward breakout? I searched the term 8087.

 

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[CHBMB]

CHBMB, thanks for the reply.  I thought it looks like that,  and it is a forward breakout cable.  Is there something else that look similar that isn't a forward breakout? I searched the term 8087.

 

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Apologies, just looked at the cable you linked to again and they do indeed confirm that it's a forward breakout cable with their description.

 

Reverse breakout cables are identical looking but used to connect SATA ports on a motherboard to SAS ports on a backplane.  The two types cannot be used interchangeably.

[jang430]

CHBMB, thank you for the clarification.  I didn't know there is a difference.  I thought they looked right, and put it on my cart.  Thanks a lot.

[mr_cb7]

Glad I ran into this post. So the H310 is better than the SAS2LP?  I've been wanting to upgrade my server from onboard to a decent sata card for better transfers and additional sata port.

[CHBMB]

IIRC the SAS2LP works well for the majority of people but occasionally can be problematic.  I personally only use LSI based cards in my system.