LSI SAS 9311-8i

[ALFA]

Hi,

first to all, sorry for my noobish questions, but:

The LSI 9311-8i would basically be a IBM m1015 or LSI 9211-8i upgraded?

It would be supported by FreeNas?

because is a HBA card I haven't to flash it to IT mode?

I have this case, which is supposedly support 12G/B lines

It would be a good idea have one or it just wise to stick to the m1015

thanks

 

[Ericloewe]

The M1015 and related controllers use the LSI SAS 2008 controller. Newer cards and motherboards use the LSI SAS2308 controller, which adds PCI-e 3.0 support for more bandwidth (and maybe some small features). Both are very well supported and known good.

This card uses the new LSI SAS 3008 controller, which is officially supported but not nearly as popular (yet).

If you're stuck on GbE anyway, there's no reason to go with the LSI 3008, unless you're running a ton (and I do mean a ton of drives) off one controller. Or more than 8 SSDs. Even then, for GbE, the benefits are minimal. 10GbE, though...

 

[TXAG26]

I wasn't aware that the LSI SAS3008 12gb/s was supported in FreeNAS 9.2.x. Is support for it coming in FreeNAS 9.3?

 

[cyberjock]

It is, but you should consider it experimental and not necessarily "reliable" from what I've heard.

 

[Ericloewe]

The driver is included since 9.2.1.6, but as Cyberjock said, it hasn't really been field tested much.

 

[ALFA]

Thanks to all for the answers

so, its a very new add to the freeNas the LSI SAS 3008 controllers, well if I can find in a future this card not to expensive, I will give it a try :)