[OpenIndiana-discuss] sata disk controller (not raid) PCIe compatible with openindiana

Marc Lobelle marc.lobelle at uclouvain.be
Mon Jun 23 17:54:24 UTC 2025


Hello,

  I need to add disks to a ZFS pool on openindiana.

On 
https://docs.openindiana.org/community-hcl/components/#storage-controllers, 
I found the following controller

Syba 	IOCrest SI-PEX40108 	Marvell 88SE9215

I thus bought a controller based on this marvel chip

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    - Carte Controleur SATA III (Sata 3) PCI Express (PCI-E PCIe) vers 4
    Ports SATA 6Gbps - Chipset Marvell 9215 - avec equerre Low Profile
    <https://www.amazon.com.be/dp/B07M6TKF2G?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title>

    - SATA III (Sata 3) PCI Express (PCI-E PCIe) Controller Card to 4
    SATA 6Gbps Ports - Marvell 9215 Chipset -
    <https://www.amazon.com.be/dp/B07M6TKF2G?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title>





I added it to my computer with two 4TB SATA SSDs.

I  touched /reconfigure and rebooted.

Then I typed format to have the list of the disks, but I did not see the 
two new disks. Is there something special to do to use this little sata 
controller ?

Else card with which chip would you recommend; I see also cheap cards 
with ASM 1061.

Thanks

Marc



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