any cheap sas expanders (6gbps sata)

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Jannis Jacobsen

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Mar 19, 2016
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Hey!

does anyone know of some cheap sas expanders supporting 6gbps sata drives?
I see the hp sas expandersare dirt cheap now, under $30, but unfortunately they only support 3gbps sata

-Jannis
 

gea

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Why do you want an expander for sata

another HBA(s) is
- faster
- often cheaper
- propably gives less troubles (expander + sata is a nogo in a production setup)
 

Stefan75

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Been using a 9211-8i + HP SAS expander with 13 SATA disks for weeks now.
Separate controllers can be faster in certain situations I guess.
 

IT33513

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I would recommend using HBA for this.

It should be faster + cheaper. And to be honest I would never use sata + expanders in the production.