Looking for help to choose the right HBA

[Partofthesolution]

Hello forum,

i am running esxi and a ZFS-based NAS-system as guest on my new homeserver. I start to understand why it might be the better solution to install a extra HBA instead of using RDM with the onboard SATA-controllers.

Would be very happy if you guys could help me to chose the right HBA please. Here are my requirements:

- HBA should be prepared for ZFS
- 8 internal connectors are mandatory for SATA6Gb/s (or SAS Drives , but i dont have any sas drives right now and i am not sure if i will ever have some in my homeserver)
- SR-IOV support to passthrough channels individualy is mandatory
- if possible, PCIe 4.0 x1 would be nice, but PCIe up to x8 would also be OK
- external SFF-8644 connector for drive bay extension would be nice
- passive cooling would be nice

Thanks for support.

 

[kapone]

Any chance you want World Peace with that??

- SR-IOV support to passthrough channels individualy is mandatory

That's not going to happen.

 

[Partofthesolution]

Are you sure?

Datasheet

It also incorporates enhancements such as Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) with 16 virtual functions, E

 

[zack$]

I think you've answered your own question. Get a 3008 based HBA. Flash to IT mode if it isn't.

I got 2 x AOC-S3008L-L8i for $45 each last month from these guys on the "best offer": Supermicro AOC-S3008L-L8i 12Gb/s Eight-Port SAS Internal RAID Adapter 672042143610 | eBay

 

[Partofthesolution]

Oh realy?

Is this the only chipset which fullfills the requirements?