LSI Controller

[safh_dev]

Hello,

I´m searching a LSI HBA Controller (or RAID Controller in IT Mode) for my first TrueNAS Build.
I´m planing on using a SuperMicro X10 SRM-F with an 2560L v4 (14C/28T), 64 GB RAM (DDR4-2400) and searching for a LSI Controller.
I thought aboutz an SAS93005-16i but i reed that the performance isnt that good.
Which Controller you would recommend?
I´m planing to use the TrueNAS as Shared Storage via iSCSI to my Proxmox Cluster and some NFS Shares.

Kind regards,

 

[danb35]

I think the SAS3008-based cards are the go-to choice--that'd be the 9300-8i or variants.

I´m planing to use the TrueNAS as Shared Storage via iSCSI to my Proxmox Cluster and some NFS Shares.

You probably want more RAM. And you might want to consider NVMe storage rather than SAS/SATA.

 

[safh_dev]

I think the SAS3008-based cards are the go-to choice--that'd be the 9300-8i or variants.

You probably want more RAM. And you might want to consider NVMe storage rather than SAS/SATA.

RAM about 128GB?
NVMe would never be ulilized but a ZFS RAID5 with NVME Cache would be sufficient no?
I have currently a QNAP with 6x RAID1+0 with NVMe RAID0 Cache.

 

[danb35]

a ZFS RAID5 with NVME Cache would be sufficient no?

No.

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