BUILD known working expanders?

[Fermin Rodriguez]

i have a chenbro CK12803 with an old LSI raid card that i need to replace (2tb limit). will the ibm m1015 work?
im thinking on using a rocketraid 2710.
do you know if the chenbro has size limits at all? will the chenbro work with 3tb drives? (currenly got 12 connected to a backplane.

if you got better a better idea (cheaper idea) im all ears

 

[jgreco]

I'd suggest asking Chenbro. That's an old LSI SASX28 expander and my suspicion is it doesn't support drives larger than 2TB, but I could be wrong. The M1015 should talk to it, albeit at the slower speed.

 

[Fermin Rodriguez]

LSI documentation doesnt have enough information

 

[Fermin Rodriguez]

perhaps someone can recomend a expander that works with the IBM m1015. i need 3 minisas connections for a backplane with 12 drives
my other choice is the rocketraid 3530 or the 2740

 

[Fermin Rodriguez]

hey guys, just an update. i just got the m1015 (seems like already TI flashed.. all the disks were JBOD and i didnt see a way to raid them) and i was able to see all the 3tb (well more like 2.7)
where can i submit this info for others to know?
i repeat the IBM M1015 is compatible with the Chenbro CK12803 and this expander works with 3tb drives

 

[jgreco]

Here is fine, it's searchable after all.

 

[cyberjock]

My Intel RES2SV240 and Areca 8016 SAS external expander work fine with my M1015.