{"product_id":"lemon-tree-lsi-9305-16i-compatible-it-mode-sas-hba-card","title":"Lemon Tree LSI 9305-16i Compatible IT Mode SAS HBA Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding a software-defined storage array means giving your operating system unobstructed access to every drive, and that is exactly what this Lemon Tree host bus adapter is designed to do. Built around the LSI\/Broadcom SAS3224 controller and pre-configured for LSI 9305-16i compatibility, it ships in HBA IT Mode (Non-RAID) so drives are presented directly to the system rather than hidden behind a hardware RAID layer. That makes it a natural fit for ZFS and similar filesystems that expect raw disk visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnectivity is handled through four internal Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors, enough to direct-attach up to sixteen drives. Need to go bigger? The card supports SAS expanders, so a modest home lab can grow into a substantial array without swapping controllers. Data moves at up to 12Gb\/s over SAS and 6Gb\/s over SATA, and the PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface provides the bandwidth headroom a densely populated backplane demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intended audience here is clear: builders running ZFS, FreeNAS\/TrueNAS, unRAID, Proxmox, or ESXi who want dependable, no-frills drive passthrough. The packaging is equally straightforward, containing the HBA card itself with no cables or brackets bundled in. For anyone assembling a NAS or virtualization host, it slots into a familiar and well-supported ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lemon tree","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53765821989171,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/studio-supplies.com\/products\/lemon-tree-lsi-9305-16i-compatible-it-mode-sas-hba-card","provider":"Studio Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}