These work in both “IT” (passthrough) and RAID mode.
Normally, these are more expensive, but due to CHIA, COVID, etc… this is the cheapest I’ve seen a 2 port HBA, whether LSI or Adaptec.
Check out the review here:
Cables:
SFF-8643 → SFF-8643 - link
SFF-8643 → SFF-8087 - link
SFF-8643 → SATA breakout - link
SFF-8643 → SATA/SAS breakout (SFF-8482 w/ SATA power) - link
SFF-8643 → SATA/SAS breakout (SFF-8482 w/ Molex power) - link
SFF-8643 → SFF-8644 - link
I’m using this and enjoy the Ctrl-A to get to the card’s bios. Had to strap a 40mm fan to it like in the master-post to make sure I don’t get in trouble with the heat fairies.
Guess the sellers have wised up because all my offers in the $20’s have been declined. Still a good deal at ~$38, but definitely a price increase over what was originally posted.
Hello…possibly for HW RAID is turns out great. I had a 71605H (the HBA form), and review having a few issues with it when you have in excess of 12 drives associated. at the point when I was looking for a fix, seems like numerous others had a similar issue. I later discovered I had a flaky backplane, so it may have been the backplane, yet I lost trust in the 71605H and moved to LSI based HBA.