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    PCIE Bifurcation

    Hi.. still new at this bifurcation thing.. Does anyone have a list of mobo that supports yhis? Does asrock x99 taichi support bifurcation?
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    Need help with Dell SC8000 sas card + HGST4u60

    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...
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    Maximum # harddisk a motherboard can handle with 2 SAS expanders

    something like this.. 4x SATA Power Splitter Adapter Cable
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    Maximum # harddisk a motherboard can handle with 2 SAS expanders

    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...
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    Maximum # harddisk a motherboard can handle with 2 SAS expanders

    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
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    Maximum # harddisk a motherboard can handle with 2 SAS expanders

    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...
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