On 05/15/2011 03:26 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2011, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358
http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/AOC-SASLP-MV8.pdf
Simple JBOD only HBA, no fakeRAID. Uses a Marvell 88SE6480 chip, 8
SAS/SATA ports via two SFF8087. $110 USD. I've heard minor rumblings
WRT the mvsas driver though I don't recall specifics. The board itself
is good quality, as with most things SuperMicro.
MINOR!??? I've had this card for 1.5 years, it still not usable (as far
as I can discern) as of 2.6.38. Do NOT buy it. Please stop recommending
this card for Linux use unless it's to your enemies.
+1 to Mikael
We have a number of these. They are pretty much useless. We *do not
recommend them for any purpose whatsoever*. We got them to test, and
they were and are wastes of money.
Again, this is why making sure that the bona fides of those making
recommendations don't begin and end with a google search ...
Buy a 1068E (3081E) based card, they've been working fine for a long time.
+1 on that. We like the 3081E, and the 9211-8i for these purposes.
Both work quite well.
Again, ignore these cards, they will absorb your money and your time.
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