9440-8i (Lenovo 530-8i) for $89 OBO

[nthu9280]

Wow! Some one cleaned out 36 of these cards this morning from the second listing @james23 linked in the thread above.

 

[frogtech]

Wow! Some one cleaned out 36 of these cards this morning from the second listing @james23 linked in the thread above.

Wonder what the use case is.

 

[mmo]

Wonder what the use case is.

I believe it's some resellers grab them all for cheap. Great deals section becomes war zone between STH members and resellers lately.

 

[kapone]

Wasn't me...I promise. Wait....


Nope wasn't me...

 

[nthu9280]

Seller has another listing $99.99 OBO with over 250 available. Hopefully this will last for a bit.

 

[frogtech]

I believe it's some resellers grab them all for cheap. Great deals section becomes war zone between STH members and resellers lately.

like nthu9280 who uses the same username here as on ebay

 

[nthu9280]

@frogtech
I did get a few before I posted here the first time. Get my order out of the way before STH effect kicks in. It wasn't me who wiped out the entire stock earlier. Wouldn't have posted here if that was my objective in the first place.

 

[Gadgetguru]

Got one this time!

 

[james23]

for those wondering, i did some benchmarks with this 530-8i card:

https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...raid-benchmark-results-ssd.23726/#post-220918

 

[xin]

how can this card connect nvme pcie drives ?? sas -> sata -> msata m2 ??

 

[RolloZ170]

how can this card connect nvme pcie drives ?? sas -> sata -> msata m2 ??

the controller is universal:
"Connect up to 63 SAS/SATA devices or 24* NVMe devices per controller"

 

[RTM]

the controller is universal:
"Connect up to 63 SAS/SATA devices or 24* NVMe devices per controller"

I am not really sure what exactly you are trying to get at, but have you tried NVMe drives with this exact card?
I could be remembering wrong, but I think someone in the past tried with this card and it didn't work (possibly even with LSI firmware)

EDIT: Seems like it is possible as suggested by this post:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/info-on-lsi-sas3408-got-myself-a-530-8i-on-ebay.21588/page-2#post-220439

And this thread:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/poor-nvme-performance-on-broadcom-9440-8i-lenovo-530-8i.23534/

 

[RolloZ170]

I am not really sure what exactly you are trying to get at, but have you tried NVMe drives with this exact card?

you got it: short extract:
"need to flash 530-8i to LSI iR FW to support tri mode"