Looking for HBA controller recommendation

[randop]

Looking to upgrade my FreeNAS 8 system and replace Adaptec 2610SA 6 port SATA Raid Controller Card and switch to ZFS with a RAIDZ. Need to purchase PCI controller (5 ports or more) and will appreciate any suggestion for reliable and simple HBA controller (my mobo is MCP6P M2+ with PCI and PCI-Express x16 slots).

 

[sotech]

IBM M1015 flashed to the IT firmware. Easy to do and they're ~$70 for 8 ports + two SFF-8087->sata cables. There's a ton of info on them both on here (check Patrick's articles on the main site), [H] and on the internet in general. We've got three in our ZFS server and they're just peachy.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Yip the M1015 is pretty unbeatable in IT mode for ZFS
Check out MY (sotech ) articles over here, part1, part II and part III

I still need to do a write up on the Flashing procedure to IT, IR and 9240 modes.

 

[sotech]

Haha, I was sitting here doing something else when I had the sudden lightbulb moment that I had credited the wrong person with those articles so I've just come back to fix it in the hope that you hadn't seen it Whoops! My bad! Good articles

Yip the M1015 is pretty unbeatable in IT mode for ZFS
Check out MY (sotech ) articles over here, part1, part II and part III


I still need to do a write up on the Flashing procedure to IT, IR and 9240 modes.

 

[Patrick]

I even stuck a big credit paragraph at the beginning of each of those!!!

 

[mobilenvidia]

I even stuck a big credit paragraph at the beginning of each of those!!!

Yes the trees blocked the view of the forest, I hate it when that happens :rofl: