mini-pcie raid card?

[Helzy]

Anyone know of a wee beastie like this:

Mini PCIE Expansion Card 4 SATA 3.0 6Gb/s RAID MSI NCQ AHCI 1.0 88SE9215 Expansion Card for Host Controller - AliExpress

That does HW RAID? this card doesn't, the 88SE9215 chip has no HW RAID the Marvell Tray utility it comes bundled with doesn't see the device at all, 9220 and 9230 do, however, not certain if they exist in this form factor.

This one from Linkreal also purports RAID but it doesn't work with the 4 port Realtek NIC I have installed in this m910x:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000009469874.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.22.5a2718022m3d93

 

[alaricljs]

The chip family supports HW RAID, the specific chip on both those devices is the same and does not.

https://www.marvell.com/content/dam/marvell/en/public-collateral/storage/marvell-storage-88se92xx-product-brief-2012-04.pdf

Pick the features you want from that doc and search for a card w/ the appropriate chip model. Maybe you get lucky.

Not vouching for the reseller, but this is the only model I've found:

Syba SD-ADA40118 M.2 to 4-port SATA III Adapter

Buy and save on Syba SD-ADA40118 M.2 to 4-port SATA III Adapter with fast shipping and unbeatable prices, you're good to go with EIO.com.

www.eio.com

 

[Helzy]

Hmm so close, it might just be that the 9220 and up are using 2 lanes and the A+E key might be limited to just 1x so nothing beyond a 9215 would work I am starting to think.

Storage Spaces for the win I guess lol

 

[unwind-protect]

Why is an adapter to full-size PCIe not an option?

 

[Helzy]

Because i would have to remove the 2.5gb 4 port nic in the only pcie slot. It is an M910x Lenovo tiny

 

[unwind-protect]

Because i would have to remove the 2.5gb 4 port nic in the only pcie slot. It is an M910x Lenovo tiny

No, I mean and adapter from mini-PCIe to full-size PCIe.

 

[Helzy]

I'm not sure i follow, the wifi card is removed and the A+E key is being used with an adapter to a mini-pcie adapter. there is no room in this unit at all for another full sized pcie card and there is only one pcie slot in the machine.

 

[unwind-protect]

I'm not sure i follow, the wifi card is removed and the A+E key is being used with an adapter to a mini-pcie adapter. there is no room in this unit at all for another full sized pcie card and there is only one pcie slot in the machine.

Yeah, it would have to be a cable out of the machine and the actual HBA outside.

 

[Helzy]

Ahhh

 

[AndreyPopov]

Marvel 9215, 9220, 9223 - not support RAID. only 923x chip support RAID

 

[Helzy]

I think i'd need the 9230 anyway to support 4 ports but I think the 9220 does support RAID according to this matrix from Marvell, only 2 ports though.

 

[alaricljs]

Yeah, per the chart it's 92*0 that is raid 92*5 non-raid... I love decyphering part #s.