Question 1

Hi, I am curious about the max single disk size that the mini SAS could recognize and the max total disk size each mini SAS port could support. For example, if I have four 6TB drives, and connect them to one of the SAS port, could I get all 24TB capacity show up in BIOS or just a portion of it? (The manual says these mini SAS ports use Marvell 88SE948 chip. And there was no documentation I could found telling details about this chip.) Thanks!

Accepted Answer

These SAS ports are HBA ports meaning there is no RAID setup.  Each drive will be shown to the system independently.  As far as I know there are no capacity restrictions as these follow the full SAS/SATA spec.  6tb drives will not be a problem - you will see four 6 tb drives, not one big drive.

Question 2

I was wondering if there is a compatibility list of some sorts for M.2 drives?  After reading a review, they had problems with their M.2 card being too long to fit on the motherboard. Thanks.

Accepted Answer

The new Transcend m.2 drives work great, get the "42" models.

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