On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Evans put forth on 1/21/2011 10:00 AM: >> The SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS SAS RAID >> Controller seems to fit my needs and budget except for one glaring >> omission on Supermicro's product page, and every other site that >> blindly copies it. >> >> Has anyone tested this hardware with a 48-bit LBA required drive (EG >> one of the 3TB drives that still exposes 512k sectors)? > > NewEgg has an excellent return policy: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358 > > But, BTW, if you can afford over $1000 of 3TB drives, why are you demanding to > go so cheap with the HBA? There are plenty of much better LSI based dual > SFF8087 HBAs available with no LBA or driver issues. For instance: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117157 > > $155 Quality/compatible LSI SAS1068E chip+driver vs > $109 Marvell 88SE6480 less than quality chip+driver > > If you can afford 5+ 3TB drives you can certainly afford an extra ~$50 for a > decent quality known to work SAS/SATA HBA. I say 5+ because you're obviously > starting out with 5 or you'd be looking at cards with a single SFF8087, or > simply 4 individual SATA connectors. > > I can't imagine an easier decision to make: $50 for guaranteed piece of mind, > performance, compatibility. > > -- > Stan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > I wouldn't mind spending an extra $50 on the controller IF I knew it supported 48 or 64 bit LBA, however neither the documentation on Intel and NewEgg specifies what is supported. In fact I have to assume PCI-E 1.0 since it doesn't specify (not that it's an issue, 8 lane 1x vs 4 lane 2x is more or less the same thing; though 4x is more future proof since there is likely to be a slot that big on future motherboards at /least/ for physics GPU support). Are you suggesting the LSI based Intel card because you know it to properly support >32 bit LBA? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
