EU HPE H240 12GB 2-Port Int Smart HBA 85$ Free Ship

[tomaash]

Looks good to me, SAS3 for a price close to SAS2 cards. Low profile. One left.

HP H240 12GB 2-PORT PCI-E 3.0 X8 SMART HOST BUD ADAPTER 779134-001 | eBay

 

[Evan]

Actually a great HBA in a HP box. (vSAN etc)
If I remember right they are also lower power than LSI options but I can't find any info on that now.

Do they work in non-HP systems is what I am not sure ?

 

[Rand__]

Do they work in non-HP systems is what I am not sure ?

Looks like it from the review here Amazon.com: HP H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter Storage Controller Plug-In Card Low Profile (726907-B21): Computers & Accessories
But not really favorable to be honest ... I think I'll pass. M1215 is not that much more expensive. But good if you got a HP server i guess

 

[Evan]

Yeah running on HP servers they are fine, what I assumed is that they are not great in others, I actually have a card I could try it in a non-HP servers if other are interested but figure LSI or Adaptec are just easier.

Performance wise they are really good (use them as the HBA's for all SSD vSAN, a large one think 120TB)

 

[Rand__]

Well its always good to know the compatibility options of these things, so if you can and are willing to...

 

[ecosse]

I have six or seven of these. Outside of the HP server there is no way to use a supercap and it will complain about that, even in HBA mode as I remember. On a S2600Cp2 motherboard I've had to disable the BIOS for the relevant PCI slot to get the server to boot with these in; the server would hang at boot at a black screen and go no further. No such problems on a Dell T20 server. No problems at all on an HP Dl380 gen8 of course.