Hello guys, I am looking for a raid controller to be used over USB 3.2 10Gbps (I know, it's far from being advisable but that's the only thing I can do right now, since my server is a laptop) and I have to choose between the following:
- IBM M5015 (PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 6Gbps, 512MB cache DDR2 800MHz) for 20€ and located in my city
- LSI 9271 (PCIe 3.0 x8, SAS 6Gbps, 1GB cache DDR3 idk-how-many MHz) for 33€ shipped from China.
Now, since I am over USB 10Gbps, I am limited in both scenarios, but I'd like to know if that faster and more cache of the 9271 will actually make a difference for a domestic usage. To help you better understand my use cases, I will list them:
- Plex and Jellyfin media server
- IMMICH for photo synching
- Nextcloud for everything else
These are the main I/O bound containers I am running on my server. What do you think? Any other suggestions for a raid controller, instead (which costs less than 40€)?