I've found the LSI MegaRAID 9280 24i4e (since we currently have 6 backplane
boards, of 4 drives each, this would probably do)

about £1000, so only 20% more ... but do you know if such a board will do
JBOD?

Ta

On 8 October 2013 14:23, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote:

> HighPoint used to use cheap Marvell controllers, IIRC.  I wouldn't
> seriously recommend them.
>
> Most people these days are using LSI cards of some form or another.  There
> are other vendors as well… but for SAS or SATA drives, I think LSI might be
> your best bet.  (Areca is another vendor that folks have had good results
> with, but make sure its a supported card, not all of them are.)
>
> - Garrett
>
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:02 AM, Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi there, looking for some advice ...
>
> I have a colleague who has set up a new 4U rack box, we wanted to run
> Solaris/Illumos on it, but he bought a "HighPoint R750" card, which isn't
> currently supported ... it also has trouble with Wester Digital 4TB drives
> (sees about 5 and then gives up, unless you reboot after the drives are
> spun up, in which case it sees them all)
>
> I'm getting a bit edgy about the card, and was wondering if there was a
> better manufacturer, or specific card that people would advise on going to,
> without a huge increase in cost.
>
>
> http://www.scan.co.uk/products/40-port-highpoint-rocket-750-10x-mini-sas-ports-for-a-total-upto-40x-sata-hdd-using-6gb-s-connection
>
> Thanks in advance for advice :)
>
> Jon
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