WTB: LSI 9305-16e (NOW PURCHASED)

[sth]

let me know if one available.... shipping to California please.

 

[BLinux]

what is WTD?

 

[sth]

Typing while brunk?

 

[BLinux]

i have a LSI 9201-16e... but maybe that's not what you're looking for...

 

[sth]

Sorry, need a 9305.

 

[nthu9280]

If Adaptec is compatible with your use case, I have ASR-78165 can be configured as HBA in bios. Has 4x sff-8644 and 2x sff-8643

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[AJXCR]

Keep an eye out on eBay. I've purchased two of these in the last 60 days for $299 ea. Both were listed @$450+ and accepted best offers

 

[whitey]

Close enough or not? Looks like a decent enough deal to me w/ make offer as well.

LSI SAS 9300-16e PCIe 3.0 SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 12Gb/s Host Bus Adapter SFF-8644 | eBay

 

[AJXCR]

9305 is a better HBA

 

[AJXCR]

...I actually almost purchased those exact cards prior to doing some research on a 9300 vs 9305.

 

[whitey]

Better HBA how, better more beefier chipset or some other super-juice? Have not had the time to RTFM just yet so please do enlighten me if you'd be so kind.

Are the chipset progression in alignment with how the SAS2 chipsets were, IE 2008/2108/etc. so maybe 3008, 3108, etc? Assuming the 9305 has 'the good stuff'

 

[AJXCR]

Ended up buying these two (both @$299)

AVAGO Controller Card SAS 9305-16e HP | eBay

Dell 0VYM4 LSI Logic Controller Card SAS 9305-16e SAS 12Gb/s PCIe 3.0 x8 | eBay

EDIT: It's really odd that both auctions show that they sold for the listed price rather than the best offer price... This is good to know I suppose when using ebay to do research on mkt values via completed listings.

 

[AJXCR]

Better HBA how, better more beefier chipset or some other super-juice? Have not had the time to RTFM just yet so please do enlighten me if you'd be so kind.

I'd have to go back and do some research on the details, but iirc the 9300-16e is basically two 8's shoved on the same board, whereas the 9305-16 is a redesigned controller. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can chime in..

 

[sth]

The 9300 runs HOT, the 9305 very much less so. I use a 9305-24i for my 2.5” drives and a 9305-16e for 16 3.5” drives in another 24 bay chassis, now I need to add another 8 drives hence needing another card.

I’ll try ebay offers circa 300, thanks for the tips.

 

[sth]

Avago 9305-16e (Not HP/Dell - not that that matters) bought for $300. Thanks for the tips.

 

[AJXCR]

Avago 9305-16e (Not HP/Dell - not that that matters) bought for $300. Thanks for the tips.

No problem at all. When sellers are plentiful, it's a "best offer" buyer's market

 

[sth]

hmmmmmm....... not quite what I was expecting!
same seller as your HP model.....

 

[AJXCR]

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hmmmmmm....... not quite what I was expecting!
same seller as your HP model.....

Yeah that's interesting.. Did you contact him? Mine definitely does not say "prototype model"...

 

[sth]

hes sending a retail model - sounds like this was an oversight.... he's been great in terms of comms so far so hoping he follows through. Ideally looking to reconfigure some servers this weekend.

 

[sth]

Very happy seller despatched another card without need for payment or deposit which arrived today. This one is a perfect retail example so big props to 'sotech2015' for being so awesome and trusting.