Hi,
When searching for a SAS2008 HBA in Belgium / Netherlands, I actually only found one...
The seller has an very good reputation (100 reviews, all positive), but when asking for the source of his HBAs, he told me he buys them from people in China / Hong Kong.
Given his reputation, I'm quite sure the cards will work, even if they are counterfeits, but I'm searching for a long-time-reliable HBA, so not (even if it works now) counterfeit.
So I tried to do some research and found the following interesting video on this subject from an (US based) eBay seller (The Art of Server), who seems to take great pride into ensuring that he's selling genuine HBAs only.
Next, I've asked the seller from the Netherlands for some pictures of the actual card he's selling to me and he took some pictures for me.
I compared those pictures to the pictures of a M1015 from 'The Art of Server' (which should be genuine) and it looks mostly the same, but when looking closer, I do spot some minor differences...
I wonder if anyone can tell me this is a counterfeit or genuine...? Or if there is anything else I could ask to make sure it is genuine?
Below I've tried to mark all the differences that I could spot in the pictures (in yellow)
The M1015 card which I can buy from the seller from the Netherlands (which could be counterfeit or not)
Original (larger) pics: Dropbox - M1015 - Simplify your life
The M1015 card from the US seller 'The Art of Server' (should be genuine)
Original (larger) pics: IBM M1015 9220-8i (=9210-8i) 6Gbps SAS HBA P20 IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID | eBay
When searching for a SAS2008 HBA in Belgium / Netherlands, I actually only found one...
The seller has an very good reputation (100 reviews, all positive), but when asking for the source of his HBAs, he told me he buys them from people in China / Hong Kong.
Given his reputation, I'm quite sure the cards will work, even if they are counterfeits, but I'm searching for a long-time-reliable HBA, so not (even if it works now) counterfeit.
So I tried to do some research and found the following interesting video on this subject from an (US based) eBay seller (The Art of Server), who seems to take great pride into ensuring that he's selling genuine HBAs only.
Next, I've asked the seller from the Netherlands for some pictures of the actual card he's selling to me and he took some pictures for me.
I compared those pictures to the pictures of a M1015 from 'The Art of Server' (which should be genuine) and it looks mostly the same, but when looking closer, I do spot some minor differences...
I wonder if anyone can tell me this is a counterfeit or genuine...? Or if there is anything else I could ask to make sure it is genuine?
Below I've tried to mark all the differences that I could spot in the pictures (in yellow)
The M1015 card which I can buy from the seller from the Netherlands (which could be counterfeit or not)
Original (larger) pics: Dropbox - M1015 - Simplify your life
The M1015 card from the US seller 'The Art of Server' (should be genuine)
Original (larger) pics: IBM M1015 9220-8i (=9210-8i) 6Gbps SAS HBA P20 IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID | eBay
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