Re: PCIe 3.0 8 port SATA 6 Gbps HBA for SOHO network
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:29:56 UTC
On 3/17/22 22:59, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:59:10 -0700 > David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > >> The LSI® SAS 9207-8i PCI Express® to 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) >> Host Bus Adapter looks appealing: >> >> https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12353331 >> >> >> Comments or suggestions? > > Having a SAS controller opens the option of refurbished[1] ex-data > centre drives which are very cheap storage and 3.5" ones usually had a > quiet life in the data centre making them very reliable. > > [1] Stickers removed perhaps. Thank you for the reply. :-) Yes, used SAS drives can have good prices. But, I prefer new previous model SATA drives (Seagate Constellation ES.2). David