Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-15 Thread Marco Nuessgen
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 06:44:57AM +, John Long wrote: [...] > I found a lot of problems with various chipsets which > is why I asked on the list here to see what is supported well by > OpenBSD. [...] John, go get a LSI SAS 9260-8i HBA (it is based on the LSI SAS2008 chip) -Fast -Reliable

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-15 Thread John Long
On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:37:05 +0300 li...@wrant.com wrote: > Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:50:36 + John Long > > [...] > > but they can be slow. They also have a card based on the Silicon > > Image SiI3114 chipset. I didn't find much info on this one except > > for Windows victims claiming it was great

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-15 Thread lists
Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:50:36 + John Long > [...] > but they can be slow. They also have a card based on the Silicon Image > SiI3114 chipset. I didn't find much info on this one except for Windows > victims claiming it was great or sucked. Hi John, Don't get this. I have a controller of this

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread John Long
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:35:22 -0400 gwes wrote: > >> I'll second the LSI Logic/Avago/Broadcom? SAS/SATA controllers. > >> They run as many disks as I want at full speed. As previously > >> mentioned they can be quite inexpensive if you buy one relabelled > >> as (for instance) an IBM card. > >> >

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread gwes
On 04/14/19 15:25, John Long wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:53:34 -0400 gwes wrote: On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on the motherboard total. So of the 6

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread John Long
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:53:34 -0400 gwes wrote: > >> > > On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: > >> I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + > >> 2x2.5 drives but when I popped it open I found there are only > >> 4 SATA ports on the motherboard total. So of the 6

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread gwes
On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed drives, I can actually only install 3 drives because the stock DVD drive

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-04-14, John Long wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:13:55 - (UTC) > Stuart Henderson wrote: > >> On 2019-04-13, John Long wrote: >> > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:05:29 - (UTC) >> > Stuart Henderson wrote: >> > >> >> On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: >> >> > I have a Dell server that

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread John Long
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:13:55 - (UTC) Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2019-04-13, John Long wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:05:29 - (UTC) > > Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > >> On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: > >> > I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 >

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-04-13, John Long wrote: > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:05:29 - (UTC) > Stuart Henderson wrote: > >> On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: >> > I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 >> > drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA >> > ports on the

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-13 Thread John Long
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:05:29 - (UTC) Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: > > I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 > > drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA > > ports on the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-13 Thread John Long
Thank you Paul and Johann! /jl

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-13 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-04-11, John Long wrote: > I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 > drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on > the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed drives, I can actually > only install 3 drives because the stock DVD drive

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread Johan Huldtgren
> I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 > drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on > the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed drives, I can actually > only install 3 drives because the stock DVD drive consumes a mobo port. > > Speaking

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:29:33AM -0400, Allan Streib wrote: | Paul de Weerd writes: | | > Not exactly what you're looking for, but I have a startech.com 2 Port | > SATA 6Gbps PCI Express eSATA controller card [1]. I use this to | > (occasionally) connect an external disk shelve (using a port

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread Allan Streib
Paul de Weerd writes: > Not exactly what you're looking for, but I have a startech.com 2 Port > SATA 6Gbps PCI Express eSATA controller card [1]. I use this to > (occasionally) connect an external disk shelve (using a port > multiplier) to my machine. Incidentally, does OpenBSD support

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread Paul de Weerd
Hi John, On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 07:50:36AM +, John Long wrote: | Can anybody recommend some good 2 or 4 port SATA (internal) expansion | cards or a SAS HBA that works well with OpenBSD? Not exactly what you're looking for, but I have a startech.com 2 Port SATA 6Gbps PCI Express eSATA

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread John Long
Thank you! /jl On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:22:14 +0200 Marco Nuessgen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 07:50:36AM +, John Long wrote: > [...] > > Can anybody recommend some good 2 or 4 port SATA (internal) > > expansion cards or a SAS HBA that works well with OpenBSD? > > Have a look at the

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread John Long
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:00:15 +0200 Robert wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:50:36 + > John Long wrote: > > Speaking with Dell, they are recommending their part number PEXSAT32 > > which is a rebadged StarTech product based on the Marvell 88SE9123 > > chipset. From posts I saw from people

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-12 Thread Marco Nuessgen
On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 07:50:36AM +, John Long wrote: [...] > Can anybody recommend some good 2 or 4 port SATA (internal) expansion > cards or a SAS HBA that works well with OpenBSD? Have a look at the IBM ServeRaid M1015 SAS 6.0gbps SATA III. HBA. It is based on the LSI SAS2008 chip and can

Re: Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-11 Thread Robert
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:50:36 + John Long wrote: > Speaking with Dell, they are recommending their part number PEXSAT32 > which is a rebadged StarTech product based on the Marvell 88SE9123 > chipset. From posts I saw from people running various OS, that chipset > is flaky on everything but

Good options for SAS HBA or SATA expansion cards?

2019-04-11 Thread John Long
Hi, I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed drives, I can actually only install 3 drives because the stock DVD drive consumes a mobo port. Speaking with