LSI MegaRAID LSI 9361-8i SAS 8-Port 12Gb/s RAID Controller w/CacheVault+Battery
Listing is for $189.95, they accepted my offer of two/$175. Also, if you use the eBay app on a phone to make the purchase, you can get another $10 off (code for that I used was YUSAPPGR28BLLYQM )
There are allot of these on eBay that are $199 or more, and don't include the flash-cache or super capacitor (that is not a Li-ion battery in the picture).
I know most people here are after HBAs, I am using these for ESXi because ESXi doesn't support local chipset RAID. I have many 400gig SAS eSSDs that I will use with it. And in the future, I can always flash it into IT mode if I need another HBA.
I also want to mention, I have bought a few other things from that vendor, and had a very good experience.
-JCL
Listing is for $189.95, they accepted my offer of two/$175. Also, if you use the eBay app on a phone to make the purchase, you can get another $10 off (code for that I used was YUSAPPGR28BLLYQM )
There are allot of these on eBay that are $199 or more, and don't include the flash-cache or super capacitor (that is not a Li-ion battery in the picture).
I know most people here are after HBAs, I am using these for ESXi because ESXi doesn't support local chipset RAID. I have many 400gig SAS eSSDs that I will use with it. And in the future, I can always flash it into IT mode if I need another HBA.
I also want to mention, I have bought a few other things from that vendor, and had a very good experience.
-JCL