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Used this card in a standard atx pc build with consumer grade components. This worked right out the box with unraid. I have had no problems as of yet

Purchased this card to extend number of drives for my TrueNAS server.Motherboard can run 8 drives and HBA card 8 without extender card.With the extender card I am able to connect up to 32 drives.Card is connected with single cable to Fujitsu D2607 HBA card (LSI SAS2008) flashed to IT mode.Sata drives connected to extender card has been recognized by D2607 HBA card with no issues.For power I use Molex connector.No hickups, works perfectly fine.

Using it with an LSI SAS9211-8I/Norco 4224 and it works perfectly. Five backplanes connect to the expander and the 6th goes directly to the HBA. I only have 21 of the 24 drive bays populated, but all 21 drives came up no problem.Not really too much more to say about this card other than it works with my configuration. Seems well made.

was able to use 19 of 20 channels. one channel does not work. i tried swapping cables but one out of twenty does not work. I don't need 20 right now and for the price and hassle of returning it, it's not worth the bother of returning it, since it has worked with no issues on the remaining channels. I just don't use the sff connector associated with that channel. the card i am using it with provides four channels and supplies the expander with the channels to be split on the other four.

Great expansion card. Works flawlessly with Windows 2008 R2 and an LSI 8271iCC. Make sure you have good air-flow in your server chassis.

Intel indicates that this should come with 6 sas mini cables, screws and bumper. Mine came with none of those and was in an electro-static bag that seemed uncomfortably small and wrinkled. I have not decided if I should return mine or test it to see if it is genuine.If you want the cables, make sure you are getting a retail version.

Combined this with an LSI 9211-8i HBA to use with my Norco RPC-4220 20-bay server chassis. Drive information is passed very quickly to the HBA at bootup, which is a plus. I cannot mention any performance numbers since all of my drives are 5400RPM slow-pokes. If you want a SAS expander that can give you 20 drives (1 SFF-8087 connector is used for HBA connectivity, so you lose 4 disks from the "24 disk support" that's listed) then this is a great choice. I would check the manual to verify compatibility with you intended HBA before purchasing.

Sto usando questa scheda di espansione SAS/SATA in un server con FreeNAS x64. Il server è così composto:Intel Xeon 1230 V2Supermicro X9SCM-F32 GB Kingston KVR16E11/8 ECC RAMGooxi RM4024-660-BX 4U Rackmountn. 6 SFF-8087 cablesCorsair HX650 80 Plus GoldIBM M1015 SAS/SATA Controller card (flashed to IT mode)Intel RES2SV240 SAS/SATA ExpanderAPC SMART 1000 (serial cable)LSI CBL-SFF8087SB-05M Mini SAS cables (with sideband)Western Digital WD30EFRX Red disksLa scheda è un SAS/SATA Expander, da NON confondersi con un Port Multiplier: quest'ultimo è decisamente sconsigliato con FreeNAS + ZFS quindi – se avete bisogno di collegare 24 hard disk come nel mio caso – utilizzate la Intel RES2SV240 in cascata con l'IBM M1015 (opportunamente flashato in Initiator-Target mode).È meglio prevedere una buona ventilazione dell'area degli slot dove è alloggiata la scheda, perché in chipset tende a scaldare abbastanza. Nessun problema nei case di rango server.La scheda è corredata di n. 6 ottimi cavi SFF-8087-SFF-8087 per il collegamento delle porte ai backplane.Pagata € 285,65 a gennaio 2014.

I bought this Intel Expander Card as a part to build a home media storage computer. The package contains Intel Expander Card and 6 cables (SFF8087 to SFF8087 cables). There is no SFF8087 to SATA fanout cable. Most likely, you need to buy this SFF8087 to SATA fanout cables to connect from this Intel expander card to your hard drives.Components of my storage computer:- Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 with Intel i5 CPU- RAM: 8 GB, 1600 MHz- Operation system: Windows 7 - 64 bit- Case: Rosewill RSV-L4411 with 12-bay for hard drives- Hard drive: main hard drive Corsair Force GT, SSD, 120 GB- Hard drives for storage, 12 hard drives (various models), 2 TB each drive- Intel RAID Expander card, RES2SV240- LSI RAID card, model 9750-8iSet up, main hard drive (SSD, 120 GB) connects directly to a SATA port on the motherboard. This main hard drive runs Windows 7 and few other programs. This main hard drive is mounted inside the computer case. The 12 additional hard drives (2TB each, housed in 12-bay hotswap slot on the case) connects to Intel Expander card using SFF8087 to SATA fanout cable (one cable connects to 4 hard drives). It takes 3 out of 6 ports on Intel Expander card (I use the first three ports). The port # 4 does not connect to anything at the moment. It is for future expansion. Both port # 5 and # 6 on Intel Expander card are connected to the two ports on the LSI RAID card (LSI, 9750-8i) using two cables, SFF8087 to SFF8087. I used the two short cables that come with the Intel expander card. The Intel Expander card is connect to PCIe slot on the motherboard to get power, not from its Molex 4-pin. The LSI RAID card is also connected to PCIe slot for running.- LSI RAID card works well with Intel Expander card. All 12 hard drives were registered and functions without any problem. The connection speed is reported at 6 GB/sec for all 12 hard drives. Using LSI RAID card, I set the 12 hard drives together to run as RAID 6 with stripe size of 64KB. The initializing process from LSI RAID card takes around 6 hours to complete. At the end, I have one nice big hard drive of 18.2 TB. I partition it with GPT partition table and format it with allocation unit size 8196 bytes, NTFS file system.- The computer has gone through many ON/OFF power cycles and reboot. Everything still works fine. No error or hiccup.- Quick test on read and write speed (copy back and for between SSD and RAID 6 hard drive) shows that RAID 6 hard drive:For a folder with mix files, read and write between 150 MB/s - 250 MB/sFor big movie files, read and write between 250 MB/s - 400 MB/s- For now (April 2014), this Intel RAID expander card works well with LSI 9750-8i RAID card in running 12 hard drives. I hope this writing will help someone in building their own home network storage server.- Update (June 2014), after two month of uses, everything still works fine. Through many power cycles and system is on mostly 24/7, no issue or problem in running Intel Expander card with LSI raid card is found.

Por este producto a mi me llego la versión retail, que incluye:- la tarjeta- instrucciones en papel- 2x SFF-8087 a SFF-8087 de 20cm (para las entradas desde un HBA)- 4x SFF-8087 a SFF-8087 de 50cm (para llevar hasta los blackplates)- 1 low profile bracket

This is a truly great product - it is very fast and it just works. However, it only works with certain SATA controllers, for example the LSI 9211-4i and 9211-8i HBAs. Paired with the right controller, and boot up is extremely fast, even with 20 drives, and performance is very good. Highly recommended. On the negative size, Intel's documentation is very Intel-centric and unhelpful. Don't let the documentation scare you off - this is a great product.