I am looking for a SAS 3 HBA.
After researching a while I think a HBA based on a SAS3008 would suit my needs the most.
So I started looking for prices.
LSI 9300 8i = 285 EUR
ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i = 188 EUR
IBM ServeRAID M1215 = 163 EUR
Not completely sure if I am comparing apples with bananas here.
Some of them have the possibility to create a hardware Raid.
But my LSI 9211 8i had that ability, too.
But you could flash to IT mode and you had a plain, dumb hba.
Input welcome
After researching a while I think a HBA based on a SAS3008 would suit my needs the most.
So I started looking for prices.
LSI 9300 8i = 285 EUR
ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i = 188 EUR
IBM ServeRAID M1215 = 163 EUR
Not completely sure if I am comparing apples with bananas here.
Some of them have the possibility to create a hardware Raid.
But my LSI 9211 8i had that ability, too.
But you could flash to IT mode and you had a plain, dumb hba.
Input welcome