On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Alan Batie <a...@batie.org> wrote: > Nicholas Lee wrote: > > > > The standard controller that has been recommended in the past is the > > AOC-SAT2-MV8 - an 8 port with a marvel chipset. There have been several > > mentions of LSI based controllers on the mailing lists and I'm wondering > > about them. > > We tried the Marvel controller, and it does not handle hot swapping > well; the LSI 1068 does seem to work well (I'm using it on an Asus > P5BV/SAS mb), though there is some concern about a higher error rate > I've seen elsewhere (and iostat seems to be corroborating, though the > question is is it just reporting what everthing else is seeing too? > Everything seems to be working normally...). Watch out for UIO > controllers --- I got one and it turns out they are reversed and don't > fit in normal chassis. A friend of mine is using the LSI SAS3801E > (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118076) and > seems to like it... > > UIO fits just fine in a normal chassis, you just have to remove the bracket. It's a standard PCIe card with a backwards bracket. Now if it's got external facing ports you'll be in trouble, but for an internal sas card, it's really not a big deal.
--Tim
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