LSI RAID Controller and HBA Complete Listing Plus OEM Models

[mobilenvidia]

Other thing is, the 9212-4i/4e has one 4x SFF-8088 external SAS port and 4x internal SATA ports, the 9210 has a SFF-8087 intenal connector
I'm quite intrigued now

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added ASRock Mobo's:
EP2C602-2T2OS6/D16
EP2C602-2L+2OS6/D16
EP2C602-2L+OS6/D16
EP2C602-S6/D16

Tyan
TYAN S5530WGM5NR-LE-2T
TYAN S7067 S7067WGM3NR-2T
TYAN S7063 S7063WGM3NR-2T

 

[chune]

Great thread! Just out of curiosity, are there any raid/HBA cards that would allow select ports to be passed through to VMs? Like how the peg6i allows you to choose pairs of gig-e ports to passthrough: http://www.servethehome.com/dell-si...dapter-esxi-50-vsphere-vtd-iommu-passthrough/

When i read things like "its two sas2008 controllers" it makes me wonder how the PCI layout looks in esxi for passthrough...

 

[mrkrad]

PLX bridge chipset is pretty much industry standard. You do know most cards support SR-IOV and some do MR-IOV? No drivers for SR-IOV

 

[Patrick]

mobilenvidia - found a few 9212-4i/4e's for sale: LSI Logic 9212 4I4E 6GB s 8 Port External SATA SAS Storage LTO HBA Adapter | eBay

Interesting.

 

[chune]

HP[/SIZE]

• HP H220 Host Bus Adapter
• HP H221 Host Bus Adapter
• HP H222 Host Bus Adapter
• HP H220i Host Bus Adapter
• HP H210i Host Bus Adapter

Just a heads up, i purchased a H222 based on this information and its apparently SAS2308 based! Not really complaining about pcie 3.0 bandwidth but you have it filed under SAS2008. Hope it works ok with ZFS!

HP H222 Host Bus Adapter Storage Controller | eBay

 

[dba]

Just a heads up, i purchased a H222 based on this information and its apparently SAS2308 based! Not really complaining about pcie 3.0 bandwidth but you have it filed under SAS2008. Hope it works ok with ZFS!

HP H222 Host Bus Adapter Storage Controller | eBay

I know that it's an LSI 2308, but have you confirmed the PCIe3 part yourself? My understanding is that the card is 2308 but PCIe2 - like the LSI 9205.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Yes I see the HP2xx controllers were under both SAS2008 and SAS2308 sections
Removed the SAS2008 version
Not sure how I managed this.

If the 9205 works with ZFS then any other SAS2308 controller should

Just a heads up, i purchased a H222 based on this information and its apparently SAS2308 based! Not really complaining about pcie 3.0 bandwidth but you have it filed under SAS2008. Hope it works ok with ZFS!

HP H222 Host Bus Adapter Storage Controller | eBay

 

[chune]

Yes I see the HP2xx controllers were under both SAS2008 and SAS2308 sections
Removed the SAS2008 version
Not sure how I managed this.

If the 9205 works with ZFS then any other SAS2308 controller should

HOLY CRAP!
does the controller really make this big of a difference with hard drives?? Given that sas2008 is sata 6gbps, i would not think 4x RE 2TBs would saturate it. I imported my pool and ran a bench with the new 2308 controller and there is no way this can be right:

I was under the assumption that the gains from the 2308 controller were marginal at best unless you were running SSDs...

 

[dba]

The performance difference between LSI 9200 (SAS2008) and a 9205 (SAS2308) is very small for most use cases - both are limited by the PCIe2 bus. Your results are very odd, and likely show the effects of caching more than anything else. There is no way that any four drives, much less any PCIe2 x8 card, will give you 6GB/s.

HOLY CRAP!
does the controller really make this big of a difference with hard drives?? Given that sas2008 is sata 6gbps, i would not think 4x RE 2TBs would saturate it. I imported my pool and ran a bench with the new 2308 controller and there is no way this can be right:

I was under the assumption that the gains from the 2308 controller were marginal at best unless you were running SSDs...

 

[chune]

whoops, my bad- looks like i left sync on during the slow benchmark! Here are the updated results, as expected almost no difference in performance between the two cards with a simple 4 HD setup.

 

[chune]

to get back on track, the HP lists the H222 as pcie 3.0:
HP H222 Host Bus Adapter - Overview & Features

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added IBM ServeRAID 5210 and 5210e (SAS3108 based)

Did you know?
The ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e SAS/SATA Controllers are optimized for high-performance, internal
data storage, with a 12 Gbps SAS controller featuring a DDR3 1866 MHz cache memory interface and
PCIe 3.0 host interface.
The ServeRAID M5200 portfolio is designed around several base solutions with upgrades that are rich
with features to satisfy a wide range of storage needs while minimizing parts-on-the-floor upgrades.
Upgrade features, such as support for RAID 6 and 60, performance optimization, and caching with
solid-state drives (SSDs) no longer require a hardware key. They are implemented through
Features-on-Demand (FoD) software licenses.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added:

AOC-SAS2LP-H8iR 2x4 ports SAS internal, 512MB DDR2 cache, BBU capable, RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60
AOC-SAS2LP-H4iR 1x4 ports SAS internal, 1x4 ports SAS external, 512MB DDR2 cache, BBU capable, RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60
AOC-S3008L-L8i 2x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, no cache, no BBU, RAID 0, 1 and 10
AOC-S3008L-L8e 2x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, no cache, no BBU, HBA (IT Mode)
AOC-S3108L-H8iR 2x4 port internal SAS up to 2GB Cache Vault, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added:

SAS3008

• Intel® RAID Controller RS3WC080 2x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, no cache, no BBU, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
• Intel® RAID Controller RS3FC044 1x4 HD ports internal, 1x4 HD ports SAS external, no cache, no BBU, RAID 0, 1, IE, 10, JBOD
• Intel® RAID Controller RS3GC008 2x4 HD ports SAS external, no cache, no BBU, RAID 0, 1, IE, 10, JBOD
• Intel® RAID Controller RS3UC080 2x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, no cache, no BBU, RAID 1, IE, 10, JBOD

SAS3108

• Intel® RAID Controller RS3DC080 2x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50 and 60, 1GB 1866Mhz DDR3 Cache
• Intel® RAID Controller RS3DC040 1x4 HD port internal SAS horizontal, RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50 and 60, 1GB 1866Mhz DDR3 Cache

 

[rnavarro]

Thanks for all your hard work @mobilenvidia!

 

[mobilenvidia]

Thanks for all your hard work @mobilenvidia!

No probs, it leeps me off the streets.

Fixed booboo with Intel SAS3108 controllers

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added under SAS3008:

IBM ServeRAID

• N2215 SAS/SATA HBA 2x4 HD port internal SAS vertical, no cache, no BBU, JBOD (IT mode only), Optimised for SSDs

Possible Uber controller for dba ?

Under SAS2308:

IBM ServeRAID

• N2115 SAS/SATA HBA 2x4 HD port internal SAS vertical, no cache, no BBU, JBOD (IT mode only), Optimised for SSDs

Also
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9362-4i
IBM ServeRAID M5215
IBM ServeRAID M5220
Nytro MegaRAID NMR 8110-4e
Nytro MegaRAID NMR 8120-4e
Nytro MegaRAID8115-8e8i
Nytro MegaRAID8140-8e8i

 

[mobilenvidia]

Fixed ServeRAID N2115 specs, thanks to Jon
Added ServeRAID N2125
Added ServeRAID F5115 (OEM Nytro)

 

[jingjing]

Probably worth adding the Nytros now as well as they have been officially announced and listed.