Hi, > I use the IBM ServeRAID M1015 cards. These are PCIe gen2 x8 cards > that have two SAS2 ports (you can use SAS to 4x SATA breakout cables > for eight total SATA connections). These are re-branded LSI 9220-8i > cards. I haven't bought one in a long time, but they used to be cheap > and plentiful on ebay. But the LSI SAS2008 chip has been around for a > long time, has stable Linux drives, and good community support: > https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-m1015-part-1-started-lsi-92208i/ Thought I'd report back that the IBM ServeRaid M1015 46M0861 LSI SAS 9220-8i SAS/SATA PCI-E RAID Controller that I bought on eBay for nearly $40 from China did not work in my Asus Z370-A motherboard. It detected the card, but made all the onboard SATA devices disappear, and Asus support couldn't make it play nice with the onboard controller. Amazingly, the vendor took it back after stipulating "no returns", and promised to reimburse the $14.50 shipping back to China. Now I'm stuck without an SAS card. Any other HBA card recommendations? Are the 9211 cards older than the 9220, I'm assuming? I don't really want to spend more than $125. Thanks, Alex
