Super cheap LSI SAS3 controller

[Markess]

At least its a reason for me to take a pass! I buy too much stuff that I don't have a real use for just because, "its a great value for what it is!"

Well, I was able to resist when STH Effect kept driving up the price, but now (at this very moment at least), it's down to $21.99 and I my mouse got a mind of its own.

Looks like the "A" backplane is coming out of one of the 826s and the SAS3 expander backplane on the shelf is going in...so many less cables!

 

[Sacrilego]

I had already bought two. Didn't need any more. But at this price? My mind went blank and last thing I knew, I bought another two!

 

[Auggie]

Anybody know if the standard low profile LSI brackets will fit these?

Also which one of you just bought 70 of these things..

I just purchased a few brackets off of ebay, I'll let you know when they come in.

 

[frameshift18]

I just purchased a few brackets off of ebay, I'll let you know when they come in.

Just received these today and they fit perfectly.

 

[bwahaha]

Just received these today and they fit perfectly.

I can understand needing one or two. Maybe three, but five cards? I'm jealous.

 

[frameshift18]

I can understand needing one or two. Maybe three, but five cards? I'm jealous.

Haha, I don't have five cards, yet. But the five brackets are basically the same price as one or two on ebay. So why not have some spares for when I do inevitably buy more cards lol.

 

[Fritz]

Haha, I don't have five cards, yet. But the five brackets are basically the same price as one or two on ebay. So why not have some spares for when I do inevitably buy more cards lol.

OK, you talked me into it. Just ordered a set.

EDIT: Down to $21.99. just ordered 2 more.

Inspur LSI 9300-8i Raid Card 12Gbps HBA HDD Controller High Profile IT MODE | eBay

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[WilliamArmstrong]

Just got mine in today. It was flashed with P15 firmware and an earlier LSI UEFI BIOS.

Used MediaKAT's WinPE and this command, changing the .efi to .exe, and it flash perfectly, preserving the SAS Address. So the command looked like this:

sas3flash.exe -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin -b mptsas3.rom -b mpt3x64.rom



Thanks!

 

[FlorianZ]

Down to $20.

 

[bwahaha]

Down to $20.

I don't need another.

I don't need another.

I don't need another.

How the **** did I just buy another? I didn't need it.

 

[Markess]

Down to $20.

Went back to $21.99 again. They lower the price, people buy a few, it goes up again.

 

[chrgrose]

Over 200 sold and still 350 left. I'm really curious how the seller got that many in the first place.

 

[Auggie]

I just purchased a few brackets off of ebay, I'll let you know when they come in.

The brackets came in, and I finally got to fit them. These fit perfectly, so it looks like generic LSI brackets will definitely work.

On a somewhat related note, one of the two controller cards I received from this thread was performing extremely poorly, with terrible speeds and throwing lots of read errors with zfs. I swapped out the card for the other, along with the cable, switched pcie slot, and switched which port in the backplane it was attached to, so I can't definitely say it was the card. Will have to do some more testing, but it's going to be a while before I get to it.

 

[frameshift18]

Down to $20 again.

 

[SnJ9MX]

down to $16.99. definitely don't currently need one but this price I'm in for one

 

[Serhan]

Are there any cheap SAS3 expanders? Or should I get two of these to run 16 drives,

 

[Fritz]

Are there any cheap SAS3 expanders? Or should I get two of these to run 16 drives,

Just get a 16 port HBA. That's what I did.

 

[SINN78]

Down to $16.99

 

[UhClem]

Are there any cheap SAS3 expanders?

Adaptec AEC-82885T

 

[Markess]

Down to $16.99

That's nuts. A couple years ago I was stoked to get one (different brand but still SAS3008) for $60, and now they cost about the same as a Venti specialty coffee at Starbucks!