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- Thread starter Wrench00
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pontiac6000
Limp Gawd
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LSI makes some RAID controllers that handle many ports, such as this 16 port model:
http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/MegaRAIDSAS9280-16i4e.aspx
http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/MegaRAIDSAS9280-16i4e.aspx
Or you can buy from EBay cheap LSI clones sold under the IBM moniker:
1. M1015 - if you want SATA3 and 3TB+ HD support;
2. BR10i - just regular SATA2 and I believe limited to 2.2 TB HD size.
Depending from what you are going to run you can buy just a single 8 drives card and use four of the motherboard SATA ports with one SEF8087 to 4 SATA reverse breakout cable. "Reverse" is the key word - and these are few choices for that cable - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=reverse+breakout
1. M1015 - if you want SATA3 and 3TB+ HD support;
2. BR10i - just regular SATA2 and I believe limited to 2.2 TB HD size.
Depending from what you are going to run you can buy just a single 8 drives card and use four of the motherboard SATA ports with one SEF8087 to 4 SATA reverse breakout cable. "Reverse" is the key word - and these are few choices for that cable - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=reverse+breakout