Ok i recently bought HGST 4u60 which needs 8644 cables.. so i bought Dell SC8000..
After some googling it's apparently LSI 9208 16e rebranded..
Problem is, i have no experience in flashing or dealing with SAS card..
I've updated the card to the latest firmware using the files here...
Sorry i just didn't know which other cards to consider...
That one is interesting..
but i'll probably use it for future when i already have that much HDD.. right now i'm planning for roughly 30-40..
The cost to use raid doesn't make sense in my country i'm afraid..
I'm gonna have to double...
It's purely for storage.. so far i have 10 HDD and i havent seen the ram gets full..
I just found out the IBM card can only support 32 HDD max... so i guess max i can get is 42 with internal ports
I'm new to this JBOD thing so bear with me..
Planning to build gigantic Media server running Ubuntu.
I just bought 1 HP SAS expander and an IBM M1015 SAS Card which has 2 SFF8087 ports, meaning it can hold up to 2 SAS expanders...
I've measured the mobo and it looks like 2 SAS expander could...