On September 27, 2011, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > 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. Very interesting and useful information :) I'm actually trading my time for the card, a very nice fellow on the local lug list offered after (I assume) he saw my earlier thread here. I've been thinking about getting an expander. Won't happen for a bit/while. > > 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. Thanks for the information so far, its been quite helpful. -- Thomas Fjellstrom thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
