Talk me out of buying a Lenovo 430-16i for my home server

[Nimblor]

I am currently using a Fujitsu D3307-A12 flashed to be like a LSI 9300-8i in IT mode to handle 8 SAS drives in my server. I was thinking about getting a Lenovo 430-16i and flashing it to Broadcom IT mode to add additional sas or sata ports or maybe a U.2 NVME. I would be able to swap it in and use my existing cables. I keep thinking that the enterprise refurbished u.2 drives will be coming down in price and there are miniSAS to u.2 adapters. (SFF-4643 to SFF-8639).

 

[rainless]

You mean you don't already HAVE a Lenovo 430-16i???! I have like THREE! EarthDog gave me one for my birthday (and my birthday's coming up again in March...)

We've ALL got them!

You'd better get with the program!

 

[Nimblor]

Not yet! I keep thinking that there will be some obscure power savings by moving to the 9400 but I have not found any actual facts on that.

 

[rainless]

Not yet! I keep thinking that there will be some obscure power savings by moving to the 9400 but I have not found any actual facts on that.

You've gotta ignore the facts! JOIN US! Journey into mystery...

 

[Nimblor]

OMG. I think I am better off just using a PCIE -> M.2 adapter I have one on the motherboard and would like to have another to upgrade my cache from SATA SSDs.

 

[rainless]

OMG. I think I am better off just using a PCIE -> M.2 adapter I have one on the motherboard and would like to have another to upgrade my cache from SATA SSDs.

Isn't that a little selfish? I mean what about ME? What about what I want you to do?

Look... we go way back. Get yourself a couple of Lenovo 430-16i, and a copy of my audiobook, and we'll forget this whole unfortunate incident even happened.

 

[Nimblor]

The transition to dual 4TB NVME cache drives went smoothly and now that data is better protected. Does anyone know if the newer IT mode firmware allow for disk spindown/sleep?