I'm not 100% sure, I suspect it can since most SAS controllers can handle SATA,
and in the list of formats for the card they have SATA listed. I'd probably
download the manual or drop Supermicro a quick e-mail to be sure.
If it does support SATA, it's then a question of which you go for. I'd be
tempted to go for the newer card myself, but then I'm not running any critical
data, and I'm in no rush for things to be fixed.
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:51 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Quietest 6+ drive box for
> ZFS/rsync> CC: [email protected]> > On 7/23/08, Ross Smith
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Yes, I have it on a PCI-X slot, and I thought
> Areca made RAID cards?> > There's not much need for a raid card when you have
> ZFS unless you need the> > cache for write performance.> > oh this is true.
> all their cards are RAID. duh. i was just thinking> performance. but i
> suppose if the supermicro one is in a pci-x slot> and all that it should be
> good enough.> > would that supermicro SAS controller be faster in general?
> i'm> wondering about that. can it transparently use SATA drives or do i> need
> connectors, or something weird? i have not yet dealt with SAS.
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