faugusztin
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Hi,
right now, i use the AT3IONT-I (not the Deluxe variant) motherboard + Adaptec 1430SA controller for a 8 hard drive file server. Performance wise it's ok, but i would like to add 2 more drives + make the boot drive (and the download drive) a SSD i already have (X25-M G1 80GB).
I did some research and come up with 2 controllers which fit my requirements (8-port SATA, PCI-E x1-x16 interface as that is the only interface this ITX motherboard has) - Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 and Intel SASUC8I, both having two mSAS (SFF8087) connectors. Supermicro is cheaper (~120e with VAT compared to ~157e with VAT and postage fees for Intel), but it's harder to get (wait time is ~1 month compared to immediate availability of Intel controller).
So in the end, i decided to choose the Intel SASUC8I controller, but before ordering it, i need confirmation about some questions :
right now, i use the AT3IONT-I (not the Deluxe variant) motherboard + Adaptec 1430SA controller for a 8 hard drive file server. Performance wise it's ok, but i would like to add 2 more drives + make the boot drive (and the download drive) a SSD i already have (X25-M G1 80GB).
I did some research and come up with 2 controllers which fit my requirements (8-port SATA, PCI-E x1-x16 interface as that is the only interface this ITX motherboard has) - Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 and Intel SASUC8I, both having two mSAS (SFF8087) connectors. Supermicro is cheaper (~120e with VAT compared to ~157e with VAT and postage fees for Intel), but it's harder to get (wait time is ~1 month compared to immediate availability of Intel controller).
So in the end, i decided to choose the Intel SASUC8I controller, but before ordering it, i need confirmation about some questions :
- I have only SATA drives, to use them with this controller all i need is 2pcs of these cables -
ACK-I-mSASx4-4SATAx1 0.5m R ? - Can the controller have problems with the upcoming 3TB drives from WDC or should i stick with 2TB drives (going to buy 2 more drives, this is the reason for this question) ?
- Can it work as a simple dumb "SATA" controller (HBA), without RAID functionality ? It seems like yes, but i need to be sure, i don't need the RAID functionality, just the extra SATA ports .
- Does it work flawlessly with Linux (Arch Linux, right now running with 2.6.35 kernel) ? Seems like yes except some problems with SMART, but i want to be sure.