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LSISAS 2108 8-port PCI-E SAS-2 controller
Here is the device being used for the RAID controller: LSISAS 2108 8-port PCI-E SAS-2 controller
Will all the Sata ports on the motherboard be accessible via this card and will an external controller card be able to combine with the on board sata ports?
8-port (8 internal) 6Gb/s per port
Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
On board hardware IO Processor
512MB 800MHz DDR2 on-card cache
Advanced array configuration and management utilities
Automatically negotiates PCI-E link widths
Power management support
Supports 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
Port independent auto-negotiation
Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols
Optional Battery Backup Unit for cached data protection (BTR-0018L-0000-LSI) - operating temperature (Ambient) from 10C° - 45C°
OS Support : Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista, RedHat Enterprise and SUSE Linux
Will all the Sata ports on the motherboard be accessible via this card and will an external controller card be able to combine with the on board sata ports?
8-port (8 internal) 6Gb/s per port
Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
On board hardware IO Processor
512MB 800MHz DDR2 on-card cache
Advanced array configuration and management utilities
Automatically negotiates PCI-E link widths
Power management support
Supports 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
Port independent auto-negotiation
Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols
Optional Battery Backup Unit for cached data protection (BTR-0018L-0000-LSI) - operating temperature (Ambient) from 10C° - 45C°
OS Support : Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista, RedHat Enterprise and SUSE Linux
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It is SATA drives....so what type of cable is connected to the card and drives?
It depends, are you connecting the card directly to the disks? Or are the disks in an enclosure that has a backplane that uses an expander? Take some photos with your cell phone and post.
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The cards will be connecting directly to the controller. I will be using a 1m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male w/ Latch to SATA 7pin Female (x4) Forward Breakout Cable - Black. Thanks for the follow up.
That will be fine. Don't forget to make sure you do the power cables and your power supply is sufficient.
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dlethe,
Yeah the only thing that concerns me is the fact that I will be using older hardware for the SAN which is one of the reason I bought the HARDWARE raid controller. I have posted another question on the main processor requirements, if all it will be doing is acting as a SAN. Your input would be appreciated...
Yeah the only thing that concerns me is the fact that I will be using older hardware for the SAN which is one of the reason I bought the HARDWARE raid controller. I have posted another question on the main processor requirements, if all it will be doing is acting as a SAN. Your input would be appreciated...
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