Looking for short HBA card (not meaning low or high profile)

[ari2asem]

i have silverstone case ds380

SilverStone DS380 INTRODUCTION

For users migrating to small form factor (SFF) computers with large libraries of media files, storage capacity is often a compromise that is difficult to overcome. Choosing a smaller case may require additional purchase of external storage enclosure, while choosing a larger case with extra...

www.silverstonetek.com

i want to use all 8 external bays.
right now i have highpoint 2720sgl hba card.

RR2700 x8 Series | HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 HBA's are cost-effective, high-performance PCI-Express 2.0 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers.

highpoint-tech.com

this card is very short, the length is about 9,5cm (nine and half cm).
but i dont like the card, because:
- i can't read S.M.A.R.T. data with Gsmartcontr, CrystalDiskInfo.
only program that can read S.M.A.R.T. is hd sentinel.

- i get lots of errors when i want to open files. tried many different types of files, different sizes, etc etc. while hd sentinel tells no any error.

no, my hdd are okay, they are hgst enterprise grade. tried in another computer where i can open my files without any error

so my question is:

does anyone know a short hba card (with 8 hdd support) that can fit is DS380, without suffering the 3rd external bay?

low-profile or high-profile is not important.

 

[stamasd]

The IBM H1110 is very short, but it only supports 4 drives.

On the other hand, it's only using a PCIex4 connector, so if you have 2 of those available you could use 2 cards.
Or you could use a SAS expander - which does not necessarily have to go inside the case. Or it can go inside the case, but not necessarily in a slot (uses the PCIe connector only for power, so you could use a riser/extender cable to power it up).
Depends on your motherboard and configuration.

 

[ari2asem]

silverst;ne ds380 is mini-itx case. all mini-itx boards have just one pic-e slot. so i really need a short card for 8 sata hdd.

but....i have dell h200 hba, which fits (with modification on black color drive slide) in my case

 

[stamasd]

Oh, ok. I think otherwise, a H1110 with a SAS expander would work as well, because the expander doesn't need to be inserted in a slot - I use one outside of any case, powered through one of these thingies:

It only needs power connected to it.

 

[ari2asem]

http://imgur.com/a/Dagax7Q

my modification for dell h200 hba to get fitted in ds380