Re: Question regarding SAS controllers.

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Justin Piszcz (jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

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> Eric,
> 
> Thanks, I had checked this out earlier but the only non-raid SAS HBAs 
> (those HBAs that do not end in -R) that are JBOD seem to be external only
> (e.g., do not contain any internal SAS ports?)
> 
> Justin.

For some of the SAS cards that LSI produce there are 2 sets of firmware
on their site and you can load the non-RAID firmware; both versions
will let you drive stuff as individual drives (e.g. tape drives or
inidivudal discs) but the non-RAID firmware is a LOT faster for that.

Dave
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