Stay away from the <$50 for 2-4 ports, most of them are pretty bad. One of the cheaper old LSI ones. I have one that was bought used and flashed into a pure sata controller. Mine is a: SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] and/or The LSI 9211-8i 6Gb/s SATA +SAS HBA, It is around $80 and is a pci-e x4 card, and with 2 breakout cables you have 8 ports at 6gb/s. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Fred Smith <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 05:37:17PM -0400, Alex wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just purchased an Asus Z370-A motherboard to replace my older >> desktop board. It includes 6 SATA6 ports but I need a few more. >> >> Do you have any recommendations? >> >> All the regular controllers I've found are PCIe v2.0 and most are x1. >> Is that even fast enough for 6mbs? >> >> This one looks reasonable. Any reason to think it wouldn't work with >> Linux? It's also v2.0 >> https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-8-port-Controller-SI-PEX40071/dp/B00ESFEI2E/ >> >> Many of the RAID controllers (like the MegaRAID) are super expensive >> and more than I need. >> https://www.amazon.com/LSI-Controller-LSI00301-9207-8i-Internal/dp/B008J49G9A/ >> >> Anyone remember the Hardware-Compatibility-HOWTO? :-) >> >> Thanks for any ideas. >> Alex > > I looked at the customer reviews, the ones that include the word "linux". > Many people said it works great with (unspecified) Linux. Some people > said it doesn't work or has problems. One person said he couldn't get > it going with Centos-7. So there's no way to tell for sure. I'd suggest > buying one and trying it out, especially if it is for a business where > 80 bucks won't kill you. > > Good luck! > > Fred > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > The Lord detests the way of the wicked > but he loves those who pursue righteousness. > ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) ----------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/4PKFRI3LJYAYRQSHCSIYWSAJXFIXXW72/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/YMHEDBNBARF4VXJPRHBNEA6IXJJDZRO2/
