First of all this is not the Wiki for this card, just my own toughts and questions. Thanks to DJ_Datte who found the card.
- It has the 36 ports from the HP board.
- It has 7 internal and 2 external SAS connectors.
My motherboard has 4 PCI-E slots
My motherboard has an onboard 8 port 1068e chip
The Norco 4220 has 7 expansion slots.
Does this mean that I could have 4 of these in my main chassis if I:
Connected 1 to my onboard 1068e ports
Connected 3 to PCI-E HBA cards
Is that correct?
So we would have 3 external JBOD chassis which with the help of Link Aggregation would have 8 ports each and the another who would share it's bandwith with the main chassis?
And since this card has 2 external ports, could we use it to daisy chain "forever"?
From what I can read in the Intel RES2SV240 Wiki this is supposed to be the best expander card solution out there.Finally, the card I've been waiting for has been released.
http://www.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?sku=187
the LSI SAS2 36 port chipset, with both two external connectors.
Now, to find somewhere to buy it
- It has the molex connector from the Intel board.Bottom line: Due to its ability to negotiate a 6G link with SATA-III harddisks, the LSISAS2x36 (which the LSISAS2x24 is binned from) *is* the superior SAS2 expander chip compared to the slightly older PMC8005 found on the HP SAS Expander. Unfortunately the 36-port LSISAS2x36 hasn't yet shown up on a dedicated expander PCIe card, its currently only found integrated with other products as mentioned.
- It has the 36 ports from the HP board.
- It has 7 internal and 2 external SAS connectors.
My motherboard has 4 PCI-E slots
My motherboard has an onboard 8 port 1068e chip
The Norco 4220 has 7 expansion slots.
Does this mean that I could have 4 of these in my main chassis if I:
Connected 1 to my onboard 1068e ports
Connected 3 to PCI-E HBA cards
Is that correct?
So we would have 3 external JBOD chassis which with the help of Link Aggregation would have 8 ports each and the another who would share it's bandwith with the main chassis?
And since this card has 2 external ports, could we use it to daisy chain "forever"?
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