From nobody Fri Mar 18 14:00:50 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC401A15438 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smarthost1.sentex.ca", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KKlzG0cbgz3JPp for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pyroxene2a.sentex.ca (pyroxene19.sentex.ca [199.212.134.19]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 22IE0oXq038332 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from [IPV6:2607:f3e0:0:4:8193:846c:e528:f1fe] ([IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:8193:846c:e528:f1fe]) by pyroxene2a.sentex.ca (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 22IE0ovt054499 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <13a77c8d-b76f-61fe-6c0d-6408eb57dc1d@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:50 -0400 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.7.0 Subject: Re: PCIe 3.0 8 port SATA 6 Gbps HBA for SOHO network Content-Language: en-US To: David Christensen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0a8f74d6-4579-79fc-3b73-08a09a692366@holgerdanske.com> From: mike tancsa In-Reply-To: <0a8f74d6-4579-79fc-3b73-08a09a692366@holgerdanske.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4KKlzG0cbgz3JPp X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mike@sentex.net designates 2607:f3e0:0:1::12 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mike@sentex.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.40 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[mike]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f3e0::/32]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sentex.net]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11647, ipnet:2607:f3e0::/32, country:CA]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[199.212.134.19:received] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 3/17/2022 7:59 PM, David Christensen wrote: > > The LSI® SAS 9207-8i PCI Express® to 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) > Host Bus Adapter looks appealing: > I know a lot of people use it and are happy with the above controller from the mailing lists. I also have really good experience with the LSI 9271 using the mrsas driver with disks in JBOD mode for ZFS storage.  I like the quality of the LSI cards. I have yet to have a bad port or cable connector on a dozen plus cards where as I have had the odd motherboard with dodgy SATA connectors.     ---Mike