LSI 9260-8i

[Computurd]

My results with eight 30 GB vertex, 1 MB stripe

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

Nice!

More benches please!

[Computurd]

[Spoiler]

Nice Work!

Could you please run AS SSD Benchmark? Just curious what that would show.

[One_Hertz]

Do you have COD4 by any chance? Any games at all?

[Computurd]

oh i have many many games, but no fan of the cod's, dont like FPS i prefer RTS!
AS SSD sucks with raid arrays

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

How about PC Mark, Crystaldiskmark-1000MB, FC-Test

Any problems/quirks with the controller or getting it set up?

Thanks for posting

[Boogerlad]

what is the latency and why is the minimum linear read speed so low?

[Computurd]

TBH i dont know why on that run it has such a low one on the minimum..

[lowfat]

You can PRETTY PRETTY please run the fulltest.icf found here http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...32&postcount=1
w/ a '# of outstanding I/Os @ 64'

I can't seem to find anyone who is willing to run it.

[dragmore]

Anyone know if this controller with the current FW/Drv supports the ATA trim command on W7 at least to a single SSD drive (wich supports it of course ) ?


best regards TE

[Biker]

Anyone know if this controller with the current FW/Drv supports the ATA trim command on W7 at least to a single SSD drive (wich supports it of course ) ?

I think the answer to this currently is no.

However i'd expect a new driver / firmware release around W7 launch day that will.

[NapalmV5]

i hope all of you get/buy/acquire this lsi sas thingy..

1231 <-

[Computurd]

You have yet to prove that napalm, i do not see anything that you have done to convince me of this yet...other than a test on a fast proccesor running XP...cute video and all but explain?\
Wheres the beef man? Show me some bootup i/o meter runs....

[Serra]

i hope all of you get/buy/acquire this lsi sas thingy..

1231 <-

*coughtrollcough*

I agree the hardware has some firmware bugs, but seriously Napalm, what do you hate about it so much? The fact that it's based on a processor more advanced than the Intel IOP 34x line? I think I can fairly say that, given that the 8xxx series was on par and this is the next generation.

I'm sure Intels next generation will also be a beast - but that's what this is competing against. Not last gen's hardware.

[Computurd]

INTELS next generation raid controller is based off of the same ROC as this LSI card is..the very same chip!

[Serra]

INTELS next generation raid controller is based off of the same ROC as this LSI card is..the very same chip!

I couldn't believe it until I looked it up for myself. Intel's next gen RAID controller is based on a PowerPC chip? Lawl.

But yeah, if even Intel is abandoning ship for this thing... wow. I personally still wouldn't get one yet because I prefer to wait a firmware revision or two, but if the last 5+ years have been any indication an investment now might well keep its value for a long time. Of course, storage is changing quite a bit right now, so I could very well eat crow when saying that, but only time will tell.

[Biker]

INTELS next generation raid controller is based off of the same ROC as this LSI card is..the very same chip!

It's worse than you know.

Same chip.

Same card.

Same ram.

Same driver.

Same Firmware (very nearly)

Same windows tools.

Check out the downloads section + pics

Same card as 9260-8i in all but name.

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

Same price too?

[Jor3lBR]

+ one for PCMark05 HDD General Use and Virus Scan test.

Great results so far and for $300 (4i) it cannot be beaten. Thanks for sharing COmpu.

[NapalmV5]

its SAS controller.. its not native sata.. it dont matter if its next generation.. its still soft based+increased access/latency

i dont hate it.. you guys just dont get it.. i thought i was hard in the head but some you just take the cake!!

@ real apps the 1231 still faster.. prove me otherwise.. with your 9xxx you guys should loadup stuff much faster than my 1231 going by your benches and hypes

[lowfat]

I'm sure Intels next generation will also be a beast - but that's what this is competing against. Not last gen's hardware.

Intel has no next generation IOP. Intel has sold PXA to Marvell. Which is why the Intel card is exactly the same as the LSI.

[Computurd]

OH and guess what the next generation of arecas is going to be sporting fellas? The very same marvell chip!
Proof is in the pudding, or video rather, pay attention when he talks about who the ROC is being made by....
http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...09-747222.html
IF that doesnt prove the legitimacy of this controller as the next gen, i dont know what will! Even areca is using the same ROC!
The areca 1800 series will be sporting the same chip~!

[lowfat]

OH and guess what the next generation of arecas is going to be sporting fellas? The very same marvell chip!
Proof is in the pudding, or video rather, pay attention when he talks about who the ROC is being made by....
http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...09-747222.html
IF that doesnt prove the legitimacy of this controller as the next gen, i dont know what will! Even areca is using the same ROC!
The areca 1800 series will be sporting the same chip~!

Are you sure the LSI is using the Marvell chip? I am pretty sure the LSI uses their own chip based off a PowerPC design. Marvell's XScale uses a ARM processor.

[Computurd]

These SAS controllers are based on the LSISAS2108 RAID On-a-Chip
(ROC) device. This device is compliant with the Fusion-MPT™
architecture and provides a PCI Express x8 interface.

Based on industry
standard ARM® processor technology, the LSI Fusion-MPT technology
supports Ultra320 SCSI, Fibre Channel, and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS),

well it does use an ARM based ROC but i could be wrong about it being the same as the marvell.....