I'm looking at HBAs with caching features in the firmware and it seems like of all of the capable LSI cards below the 3000 series chipsets, these 2, specifically the 9260 and 9265 (2108 and 2208 chipsets) are the best contenders.
However I see that the physical key for CacheCade Pro 2.0 is considerably more expensive than the key for the 9260, by well, a lot.
Does anyone have experience using either controller and can comment on how much better the 9265 is? I won't have more than 5 10K SAS HDDs + 1 SSD cache hooked up per controller.
Also looking for some more suggestions on similar gen cards that have caching capabilities (with 2 vertical connectors). Seem to be a little limited there unfortunately.
However I see that the physical key for CacheCade Pro 2.0 is considerably more expensive than the key for the 9260, by well, a lot.
Does anyone have experience using either controller and can comment on how much better the 9265 is? I won't have more than 5 10K SAS HDDs + 1 SSD cache hooked up per controller.
Also looking for some more suggestions on similar gen cards that have caching capabilities (with 2 vertical connectors). Seem to be a little limited there unfortunately.
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