HP N36L microserver - PCIe sata card?

[trojanshouse]

Hi there,

I have my trusted N36L with 6 hard drives in raid (ZFS) and silly me had open Indiana running from the USB port... well it worked fine for the last few years!

I have a SSD to put in, but having trouble finding anyone who knows what PCIe to Sata card will be compatible?
PCIe 16 Gen 2 or PCIe 1 Gen 2

has anyone found any that work or don't work...
wouldn't want to buy without researching!

this is a home server so I don't want to be spending lots of $

this is the info I have found to date:
Expansion Cards - HP MicroServer N40L Wiki
Storage Controllers (HBA, Raid etc) - OpenIndiana - OpenIndiana Wiki

only cards I can find are on ebay for around $300...

could anyone assist with a cheap compatible card?

The plan is to use the new card for either the OS (OI) or existing sata drive in the pool

any advise would be greatly appreciated

Tro

 

[MiniKnight]

These are the kinda go-to cards for inexpensive SATA/ SAS: IBM ServeRAID M1015 Adapter PCI E 2 0 x8 RAID Controller Card 46M0861 Low P | eBay

Also would allow you to use a 6-in-1 5.25" drive bay and connect a bunch more drives.

Same controller but 4 internal 4 external ports: LSI SAS9212 4I4E RAID Controller | eBay

That one is cool because you could add another shelf full of drives in an external case if you ever wanted. Also uses SATA/ SAS connectors inside so you can use cheapo $1 cables instead of a $15 SAS cable.

 

[trojanshouse]

These are the kinda go-to cards for inexpensive SATA/ SAS: IBM ServeRAID M1015 Adapter PCI E 2 0 x8 RAID Controller Card 46M0861 Low P | eBay

Also would allow you to use a 6-in-1 5.25" drive bay and connect a bunch more drives.

Same controller but 4 internal 4 external ports: LSI SAS9212 4I4E RAID Controller | eBay

That one is cool because you could add another shelf full of drives in an external case if you ever wanted. Also uses SATA/ SAS connectors inside so you can use cheapo $1 cables instead of a $15 SAS cable.

These will work with Open Indiana?

Tro

 

[MiniKnight]

Yes. Great cards for that. Lookup sas 2008

 

[trojanshouse]

Yes. Great cards for that. Lookup sas 2008

It's all getting a little clearer now, so I am trying to find a cheaper or closer option to minimise the risk etc!

also found this
Storage Controllers (HBA, Raid etc) - OpenIndiana - OpenIndiana Wiki

would this work?
Lot of 2 Sun 371 3255 PCI E x8 8 Port LSI SAS3081E s SAS Controller | eBay


if so then most of these might work?
sas3081 | eBay

and there is this...
LSI Megaraid SAS 8408E 256M Cache 3GB S 8 Port PCI E SAS Sata Raid Controller | eBay

ahh my head is starting to hurt!

any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tro

 

[trojanshouse]

These are the kinda go-to cards for inexpensive SATA/ SAS: IBM ServeRAID M1015 Adapter PCI E 2 0 x8 RAID Controller Card 46M0861 Low P | eBay

Also would allow you to use a 6-in-1 5.25" drive bay and connect a bunch more drives.

Same controller but 4 internal 4 external ports: LSI SAS9212 4I4E RAID Controller | eBay

That one is cool because you could add another shelf full of drives in an external case if you ever wanted. Also uses SATA/ SAS connectors inside so you can use cheapo $1 cables instead of a $15 SAS cable.

Also, are these plug and play or do I need to download drivers?

really appreciate the help!

Tro

 

[mrkrad]

I've found many LSI won't boot room on N36L - be careful. P410/P400 definitely works.

 

[Jeggs101]

I've found many LSI won't boot room on N36L - be careful. P410/P400 definitely works.

What a funky little box those things are.