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‎05-14-2023 10:40 AM

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Hi, I would like to know if the Z230 work station system board supports SAS drives

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‎05-14-2023 11:59 PM

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to use SAS on a z230 you will need to add a Low Profile SAS/SATA card

 

most LSI mid to high end cards are Raid only, only the entry level cards support JBOD/Raid (Just a Bunch of Disks)

 

however LSI does make "HBA" (Host Bus Adapter) cards that are simply port expanders that add more SATA ports and thes ports on the card are also SAS capable, like the LSI 9200-8i card linked to below

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153960042491?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1XvgRKV7YQTKWd67XnQ46uA...

 

the Adaptec AST-xxxxx cards however are mostly JBOD/Raid capable regardless of their performance or option level

 

like the ASR-6805 series or the newer ASR-71805 / ASR-71605 which can be found on ebay for good prices

 

either way, make sure if buying cables separately that you get "FORWARD" type cables, not REVERSE ones as the reverse cables are for backplane configurations

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