Unfortunately I don't know the UK market but I'm not impressed by the
prices scan.co.uk have on their HBA cards after looking into their page.
You could also look at the" esata-4-8-port..." section as there are a
few more viable alternatives. From this list an LSI based 8-port card is
cheaper than a 4-port card. If I were to buy from this seller I would go
for the SASUC8I card (search it on the website). There must be some kind
of a price comparison website where you live, no? Since you want to go
for internal cards here's a list of them you can search for:
LSI SAS 3041E-R
LSI SAS 3081E-R
LSI-SAS 9211-4i
LSI-SAS 9211-8i
LSI-SAS 9201-16i
Cisco LSI SAS 30813ER SAS SATA RAID
Cisco LSI 1064E SAS
Dell PERC 5i/6i
Intel SASUC8I
Intel SASMF8I
Intel SASWT4I
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L8
Fujitsu-Siemens S26361-F3257-L4
Also keep in mind that when getting a SAS card you will need a SAS->
SATA fan out cable, (unless there are other for you relevant options for
connecting SATA drives to SAS HBA which I'm not aware of). It looks like
this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3ware-cbl-sff8087ocf-10m-sff-8087-to-discrete-forward-breakout-cable
or this
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/highpoint-int-ms-1m4s-internal-mini-sas-to-sata-cable
On some HBAs these cables are included but not all of them, especially
the cheaper ones. If you want to use a standard issue E-SATA bracket you
are also likely to need a male -> female SATA adapter to connect it with
the fan out cable.
On 2011-01-20 22:08, Michelle Knight wrote:
Thanks Greg,
I had written off the previous suggestions of using e-sata interfaces,
because the motherboard sata ports are already fully used.
I hadn't thought of using such interfaces on a PCI-E card. That's actually a
great idea.
Michelle.
I've managed to get a couple of these...
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/akasa-esata-45-ex-internal-sata-to-external-
esata-pci-backplate-adaptor
Hopefully they'll do the job.
All I need now is a card. The problem with many that I'm finding listed, don't
actually list what chipset they are based on, so I'm fishing in the dark.
Anything in this list sound familiar?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Hardware/All/HDD-Controllers/SATA-SAS-
eSATA-2-4-Port
Michelle.
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