12g LSI controllers under $100

[MiniKnight]

I think these can be flashed. Can anyone confirm? Cheap 12g LSI 9340-8i IBM 46C9115 M1215 12GB RAID0.1.10.8 PORTS controller raid

No bracket but you can use a standard bracket for them;

 

[T_Minus]

According to this:
LSI RAID Controller and HBA Complete Listing Plus OEM Models

It's a LSI 3008 that should be able to be flashed.

 

[nthu9280]

I remember seeing someone posted the steps on this forum. Want to say sfbayzfs but not sure.

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[james23]

Just to be clear , when you all are asking if this card can be flashed you are trying to flash it to IT mode , correct?

My question is can this card be used as is (i.e. No flashing needed) to set up a raid6 array? (I.e. I don't want to use IT mode)

 

[j_h_o]

This card won't do RAID6.

If you want hardware RAID at 12gbps, you can probably find Intel® RAID Controller RS3MC044 (and related controllers, depending on if you need internal/external ports) at reasonable prices on eBay.

 

[frogtech]

This card won't do RAID6.

If you want hardware RAID at 12gbps, you can probably find Intel® RAID Controller RS3MC044 (and related controllers, depending on if you need internal/external ports) at reasonable prices on eBay.

i only see cards going for more than 700 each...

 

[pgh5278]

i only see cards going for more than 700 each...

Do a ebay search on "LSI" from 0.01 to 350USD, this will show up manu offerings and choices.

 

[BackupProphet]

Nice find, do anyone know how many 4kb iops these can do? SAS2008 maxes around 350k iops, which means 8 SSD SATA drives will be too much.

 

[AERuffy]

nice to see 12GB cards going down. Might upgrade for freenas.
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[whitey]

nice to see 12GB cards going down. Might upgrade for freenas.
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Concur but my question is am I really gonna see any benefit for a 8 way (raid 10) stripped mirrors hussl4040ASS600 pool or does my current HBA meet the performance or driving that type of pool.

 

[mattr]

Concur but my question is am I really gonna see any benefit for a 8 way (raid 10) stripped mirrors hussl4040ASS600 pool or does my current HBA meet the performance or driving that type of pool.

Doubtful. Under ideal conditions you'd be just over PCIe 2.0 spec. How often do you really hit that threshold?

 

[T_Minus]

Concur but my question is am I really gonna see any benefit for a 8 way (raid 10) stripped mirrors hussl4040ASS600 pool or does my current HBA meet the performance or driving that type of pool.

Technically yes.

From: SAS3008 I/O Controller

• Deliver more than million IOPS and 6,000 MB/s throughput performance

I doubt you're hitting the 2008 card limit though on IOPs or transfer but if you are please show/tell us LOL!!

FWIW my 24x S3700 JBOD runs on 3x LSI3008 HBAs.

At this point, for $100 or less I'd go LSI3008 so when 12Gb/s SSD drop in price you're ready as the HGST ones are insanely awesome performers.

 

[Boddy]

For RAID cards I'd try
kalleyomalley on eBay
I picked up RS3DC080 for $400 last year ( I offered 1/2 listed price and they accepted straight away)
try offering 1/4 listed price and go through 3 offer process.

PS. Would the Intel RAID cards be hardware locked to Intel motherboards or servers?

 

[raileon]

I picked up a few of these @ $70 each just now. I didn't have any problems flashing the first two I ordered to the latest Avago firmware/bios using the guide by vorticity_flux and sfbayzfs.

I haven't tested them with actual drives yet (need cables) but everything looked good when I was done flashing.

 

[KioskAdmin]

I picked up a few of these @ $70 each just now. I didn't have any problems flashing the first two I ordered to the latest Avago firmware/bios using the guide by vorticity_flux and sfbayzfs.

I haven't tested them with actual drives yet (need cables) but everything looked good when I was done flashing.

Any chance you can link the exact guide you used? I don't want to screw it up. Thanks in advance!

 

[raileon]

Any chance you can link the exact guide you used? I don't want to screw it up. Thanks in advance!

Sure. Check out the OP and the post by sfbayzfs further down that deals specifically with this model.

Crossflashing of LSI 9341-8i to LSI 9300-8i. Success (but no SMART pass through)

Here are my notes for when I did the second one:

M1215 xFlash

Jump J6

* Boot FreeDOS *

sas3flsh.exe -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin -noreset

* Power Down *
* Remove Jumper *
* Boot FreeDOS *

sas3flsh.exe -o -e 7
sas3flsh.exe -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin -b mptsas3.rom -b mpt3x64.rom
sas3flsh.exe -o -sasadd 500605BXXXXXXXXXX

* Reboot *

 

[whitey]

Updated my 9340-8i to P10 firmware IT mode no issues, thanks!

 

[Patrick]

Sorry for my belated like @raileon ... that post was certainly deserving.

 

[whitey]

Sorry for my belated like @raileon ... that post was certainly deserving.

Followed it to the 'T' and was met with success so he gained a much deserved thanks from me as well! :-D

 

[raileon]

Thanks gents. =)