SuperMicro AOC-S2308L-L8i 8-Ports IT-Mode PCIe 6Gb/s RAID Controller HBA Card for SAS/SATA HDD Hard Drives, SAS2308 chipset - LSI 9207-8i 2308. Free SFF-8087 cables, for NAS, ZFS, UnRaid etc..

SAS2308 HBA card, LSI-9207-8i 2308. Standard 8 port HBA card. FREE: - 2x data cables (SFF8087 1-4 ports SATA). - a small 4cm 4010 fan (3pins). Got some spares around so giving free. Connect up to 8 SAS/SATA HDD harddisks. LSI-9207-8i & LSI-9217-8i both are the same hardware. Default High Profile Bracket. Low profile available! ##################### Cables： Default ( see 2nd image) - Cable length from miniSAS 0.33-0.43-0.53-0.63m Longer cables: Cable length from miniSAS 0.42-0.50-0.60-0.70m ADD $4 for 2 cables upgrade. Longer cables: Cable length from miniSAS 0.90-1.10m ADD $6 for 2 cables upgrade. Cables are not cheap!!! ##################### Good for NAS build, Promox etc.. from feedbacks gathered. More stable than SATA controller! ##################### Also, left one single card LSI SAS 9201-16i PCIE x8 to connect 16 Drives thru 4 ports. $120 for 1 SAS9201-16i card & 4x data cables. Fixed price, thanks! ##################### NOTE #### for SAS drives ### You need 2 sets of SFF8087 - SFF8482 cables (>= 50cm length, 1 port to 4 drives), work for either SAS or SATA HDDs, see last image. ADD $10 - SAS cables upgrade, 0.5m blue colour cable. ADD $14 - SAS cables upgrade, 0.65m cable with a SATA power connector (last image). ##################### Finally, you need to plug in (up to 8) SATA power connectors to power your harddisks. We do have spare Molex-SATA cables for sale. ##################### Please make sure that you are technically competent enough to handle. Don't ask me anything if you are on Windows. I am nixOS & Linux user. On Linux kernel 6.0 & above, LSI drivers are all build-in (unRAID, truenas etc software are Linux based, pls use recent version). Simply plug & play on Linux. Configured as an IT-mode HBA card, you can easily drive 8 hard drives with the supplied cables. You can have >8 drives with an expansion card (check end of posting). SAS2308 chip set is better than SAS2008. 2008 is for older pcie2.0 ##################### Supermicro AOC-S2308L-L8I. Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III, Host interface: PCI Express x8. RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, Data transfer rate: 6 Gbit/s. Built-in processor: LSISAS 2308, Processor frequency: 800 MHz. PCI Card form factor: Full-height (low-profile available). Specifications: - LSI 2308 chipset 6Gb/s SAS+SATA Controller, IT mode - Full-height vented brackets - Two x4 internal mini-SAS connectors (SFF8087), 8 internal 6Gb/s SATA or SAS+SATA ports (without SAS expander) - Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices (*with SAS expander) - Supports SSDs, HDDs and tape drives - 8 lanes of PCI Express 3.0 for high-bandwidth applications, works on x4 lanes too albeit slower data transfer. - High performance with 6Gbps data transfer rates - Flashed to IT mode, can be used for ZFS, freenas, unraid - Price is for an LSI 2308 SAS card full-height vented bracket (installed), and 2 cables. ##################### Check out '03X3834 Expander Cards 16 Ports 6GBPS SAS SATA For HBA Cards SAS2008 SAS2308'. https://carousell.app.link/ztBZAXO7zMb Check out '4-Pin Molex IDE to SATA 15-Pin HDD Power Supply Extension Cable ATA SATA extend up to 5x HDD Hard Drive/Disk Adapter Cable Connector', available at S$5 on #Carousell: https://carousell.app.link/D9wnLdahZUb Check out 'Molex D 4pin connector to 2* SATA power connectors cable', available at S$5 on #Carousell: https://carousell.app.link/vj4Oz3HDaQb If your setup had no air flow on the PCIE area, you should consider a small 4cm cooling fan, on the cooling fins. This thing gets hot! ADD $3 for 4 cm cooling fan (4010). Personal warranty 1 month. p.s. I don't particularly have miniSAS cable for sale, but no harm checking if I have odd ones around. If you are hoping I have stocks of cables, then you are going to be disappointed 😂