I was wondering what your approach is to using available SATA ports for your array.

I have six MB SATA ports and eight SATA available via HBA (9211-8i)

Do you recommend populating all available motherboard SATA ports first, then using an HBA for the rest of the array? Is it better to have all of the data disks if possible on the HBA first as a priority?

Do you guys recommend keeping many disks as possible on the same controller? (i.e. populating HBA first)

  • RileyKennelsOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve heard a few horror stories of LSI HBA’s causing some serious data corruption. Most of these cases were due to insuffiencient airflow. When it comes to data integrity I wonder if LSI HBA’s in IT mode have more or less ability to detect errors or increase/decrease the risk of data corruption?