SAS pci-e adapters

[Poiquiop]

I'm starting to gather information for my next system, and am wondering if anyone in the audience has any experience with SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) technology. In particular, I'm looking for a PCI-Express based adapter that'll fit in the Intel D955XBK board, or any board with an extra PCI-Express slot.

The two adapters I've found are these:

- LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E (http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas_8408e.html)

- Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID 4805SAS (http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pr...hnology/Serial+Attached+SCSI/RAID+Controllers)

The only issue I have with them is the fact that they're smaller than a x16 lane slot, and if that would cause a problem with the Intel board specified above. I plan on running two 15K 73GB drives RAIDed together.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Order]

Neither of those adapters will push more data than the bus can handle if you are only using 2 drives.

 

[defakto]

It's my understanding that with PCI-E as long as it will fit you should be able to use it in the slot. I believe the slots are "backwards" with lower lane count pci-e cards so it shouldn't be an issue. I may be wrong, someone correct me if I am.

 

[aug1516]

Those cards will work fine with that Intel motherboard in the PCIE X16 slots.