tdhall 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) I am building a workstation and have 4 HGST 8tb sas drives. I would like a 12 gb/s raid controller, but can't spend over $300 for one. I have spent hours looking at specs and trying to find reviews, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of info available. I am having difficulty determining the age of the products listed, so I am unable to determine if the offering is even current. I don't care about brand, as long as the provider is still in business. (Seems LSI has been acquired by another company, so I am not sure which, if any of their product are current and supported.) I would like something that is reliable, easy to set up, and works with Windows 10. I am hoping that there is a product out there that will meet my needs. Any help would be appreciated. TH Edited December 5, 2017 by tdhall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin OBrien 54 Report post Posted December 6, 2017 Sticking with Broadcom/Avago/LSI or Microsemi/Adaptec would be your best bet. On the OEM side, Supermicro and Dell leverage a lot of LSI products and as such there are some whitebox versions of the main LSI adapters available for a lower entry price or as system take outs. Now onto the main item, why do you need a 12gb/s adapter for HDDs? You could get a much cheaper price on something prior generation, unless you plan on adding flash into the mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slade 2 Report post Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) If you are sure that you will not expand beyond 4 disks *and* your HGST drives are 512e (not native 4k) you could consider an Adaptec 6405. I have a 6805 with 8 x 8TB He8 drives that works quite well as my backup storage to a newer 8805 setup. While Microsemi (now the Adaptec owner) has only done limited drive testing, HGST has a more extensive guide for their drives HERE. At one time I investigated using 4K native drives with the 6805 and found information that it would not work but have since lost the link. Newegg has the 6405 (which is 6Gb/s that I agree is more than adequate if you only use spinners) available for $269 after promo code HERE and then you will also need one Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482) cable that is a 1 8087 to 4 SAS fanout cable and runs under $20 on Amazon and elsewhere. Edited December 14, 2017 by Slade second link bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
