Hi everyone, I have assembled a box of bits, intended to become my first NAS (bare metal w/ Scale), and I noticed a potential problem… The LSI SAS 9300-16i PCIe to 12Gb/s SAS HBA card is PCIe3 x8. Will it still work in a PCIe3 x4 slot (x16 slot, wired x4 electrically)? If it will still function,…

[image] Jacob: Will it still work in a PCIe3 x4 slot (x16 slot, wired x4 electrically)? Yes. [image] Jacob: If it will still function, what capabilities are lost? Half the bandwidth to the host, which is probably not a big deal.

LSI SAS 9300-16i question

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ericloewe April 29, 2024, 11:20pm 2

Yes.

Half the bandwidth to the host, which is probably not a big deal.

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LSI SAS 9300-16i question

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