On 9/27/2011 4:04 PM, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
Stan Hoeppner<stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The 9210-8i is a newer generation card using the SAS2008 chip. IOPS
potential is over double that of the 1068E cards, 320M vs 140M, and
you'll have support for drives larger than 2TB. It also supports SATA3
link speed whereas the 1068E chips only support SATA2. It has a PCIe x8
2.0 interface for 8GB/s b/w, whereas the 1068E has a PCIe x8 1.0
interface for only 4GB/s.
In short, it's has quite a bit more capability than the 1068E based cards.
Yeah, i was impressed by the claimed specs. I bet if i knew how much it sells
for, i'd be shocked. I did a little searching but didn't have much luck.
That's because the 9210* is...
"*Only available to OEMs through LSI direct sales."
IBM sells the 9210-8i as the ServeRAID M1015, available at Newegg for
$320 (way over priced as with all things Big Blue). IBM adds optional
RAID5/50 fakeraid to the BIOS with an additional license key payment.
The retail version of the 9210-8i is the LSI 9240-8i, available at
Newegg for $265.
However, the specs on the 9211-8i are the same, and the connector layout
is better--front vs top. I recommend it over of the 9240-8i. And it's
a little cheaper to boot, $240 vs $265, at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118112
9211-8i full specs:
http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9211-8i.aspx
Unless you need to use drives larger than 2TB the $155 Intel 1068E card
is a far better buy at almost $100 less. If you need to connect more
than 8 drives, get a 9211-4i and one of these Intel expanders for 20
drive ports:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117207
This combo with run you ~$450, or $22.50/port for 20 ports. The 9211-8i
runs $30/port for 8 ports.
p.s. Sory for the duplicate Stan, I couldn't figure out how to disable html on
my android mail client, and linux-raid bounced it.
No need to apologize. Sh*t happens.
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Stan
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