LSI 9201-8i $76/ ea

[Patrick]

Saw these two LSI 9201-8i cards on ebay. $76 BIN + 13 shipping.

LSI Internal SATA SAS 9201 8i 6GB s PCI Express 2 0 RAID Controller Card S | eBay

LSI Internal SATA SAS 9201 8i 6GB s PCI Express 2 0 RAID Controller Card S | eBay

Not a bad price although not new PCIe 3.0 cards.

 

[TheBay]

Nice find, why can't we get these over this side of the water for that price!, it works out at £45!!
Those and M1015's go for £125-£150 here!!!!

 

[mobilenvidia]

Quite rare to get the 9201 in 8i normally it's the 16i controller.

At $76 bucks better option for ZFS (IT) than the M1015.

 

[Patrick]

Nice find, why can't we get these over this side of the water for that price!, it works out at £45!!
Those and M1015's go for £125-£150 here!!!!

One of these days some enterprising STH member is going to figure out how to get you those for under 100.

 

[dba]

Saw these two LSI 9201-8i cards on ebay. $76 BIN + 13 shipping.

LSI Internal SATA SAS 9201 8i 6GB s PCI Express 2 0 RAID Controller Card S | eBay

LSI Internal SATA SAS 9201 8i 6GB s PCI Express 2 0 RAID Controller Card S | eBay

Not a bad price although not new PCIe 3.0 cards.

LSI 9201-8i? That's what the sticker says, but I can find no such card on the LSI site. They must be an OEM or R&D model, like the 9220-8e that I bought. Visually, the card looks like an 9211-8i.

 

[mobilenvidia]

LSI 9201-8i? That's what the sticker says, but I can find no such card on the LSI site. They must be an OEM or R&D model, like the 9220-8e that I bought. Visually, the card looks like an 9211-8i.

LSI did make oddball versions of the LSI9201, in 8i and 8e, these days the 9201 is only for 16 ports internal and external
I assume LSI must at some point have decided to make the naming scheme = ports on the cards.

9200 8e
9201 16i or 16e
9202 16e
9205 8e
9210 8i (OEM version)
9211 8i
9212 4i4e
9220 IBM M1015 (or LSI9240)
9223 IBM M1115 or LSI9240

 

[TheBay]

I always thought the 9201 8i of these were made by LSI for
IBM before they started naming them with IBM M designations

 

[TheBay]

One of these days some enterprising STH member is going to figure out how to get you those for under 100.

And I'll figure a way to get you guys cheap supermicro kit and toshiba drives

 

[TheRonin]

Nice find, why can't we get these over this side of the water for that price!, it works out at £45!!
Those and M1015's go for £125-£150 here!!!!

got all 6 of mine from china for about £50 each and no import charges

 

[TheRonin]

And I'll figure a way to get you guys cheap supermicro kit and toshiba drives

where abouts in the uk do you get cheap supermicro stuff? i find it expensive? most of the stuff in my rack is supermicro.

 

[Mike]

You may want to try the mainland. Geizhals EU is a pretty good search engine on hardware.

 

[TheBay]

where abouts in the uk do you get cheap supermicro stuff? i find it expensive? most of the stuff in my rack is supermicro.

What you looking for? my supplier does me a very good deal on SM stuff, there is quite a markup on it normally.

got all 6 of mine from china for about £50 each and no import charges

Gotta be careful with LSI cards from China as there are a lot of what LSI call counterfeit! Whether these are cards that didn't pass the tests or IC's that got binned and put on fake boards I don't know, hope they work okay.

Quick way to check is call LSI and give them the serial numbers and ask how long the warranty is.

Just a warning as I know a few that have been stung with LSI cards from China.

 

[TheRonin]

What you looking for? my supplier does me a very good deal on SM stuff, there is quite a markup on it normally.

all i need at the moment is some replacement power supplies. what supplier do you use? pm me if you don't want to post it.

Gotta be careful with LSI cards from China as there are a lot of what LSI call counterfeit! Whether these are cards that didn't pass the tests or IC's that got binned and put on fake boards I don't know, hope they work okay.

Quick way to check is call LSI and give them the serial numbers and ask how long the warranty is.

Just a warning as I know a few that have been stung with LSI cards from China.

there genuine and work flawlessly.