Ibm - serverraid br10i

[pyr0]

$69.00 ... Seems to me that's a hell of a deal compared to most other options

https://www.serversupply.com/products/part_search/pid_lookup.asp?pid=122644

 

[Patrick]

Not a bad find, I picked one up for about the same recently.

 

[Patrick]

The BR10i is a LSI SAS3082E-R which is a 1068e based chipset. Older-gen tech.

I think the SAS 2008 based IBM cards by IBM are more like the: 6 Gb SAS HBA and ServeRAID M1015. The SAS 2108 based cards are the ServeRAID M5025 ServeRAID M5015 and ServeRAID M5014.

 

[cjo]

I managed to pick up 2 of these on eBay recently for $90 shipped. Not a bad deal, waiting on some software upgrades before I'll be testing/using them (new unRaid beta should introduce support for them). Does anyone know of any reputable online retailers that might carry brackets for these? 1 of the cards didn't come with any brackets (of course the other one had both low and full heightincluded) and I need 1 full height bracket for it.

 

[odditory]

I'd go with IBM M1015 personally since its based on LSI's newer 6G SAS-2 generation chip. Greater IOPS capability and better support for expanders. Can be had for $75 and less on ebay.

 

[xnoodle]

Found refurbs at GLComp.com. No resellerratings for these guys, anyone heard of these guys before?
They seemed to have advertised on webhostingtalk and had a booth at vmworld 2010 so I think they're legit, but I used a one-time CC just in case.

44E8689 is $24, 44E8690 is $49. Anyone know the difference between the two?
Picked up three of the 44E8689's, shipping was $7 for ground to NY.

 

[nitrobass24]

They are both BR10i parts, my guess is that IBM has different SKUs for OEM and Spare Parts

 

[xnoodle]

Received three. Packaged very well, individually enclosed and separated with injected foam O.O

 

[jippel]

Found refurbs at GLComp.com. No resellerratings for these guys, anyone heard of these guys before?
They seemed to have advertised on webhostingtalk and had a booth at vmworld 2010 so I think they're legit, but I used a one-time CC just in case.

44E8689 is $24, 44E8690 is $49. Anyone know the difference between the two?
Picked up three of the 44E8689's, shipping was $7 for ground to NY.

I've dealt with them before for work and have nothing but good things to say. Looks like they now have the cards for $52 and you can now order them with a full-height PCI bracket installed.

The link has changed too:
http://www.glcomp.com/ibm-system-x-serveraid-br10i-sas-sata-controller

I'm in for one!