I'm looking for a good USB controller 3.0,4 ports,self powered compatible with FreeBSD....

ZioMario

ZioMario

Hello.

can someone suggest to me a good USB 3.0 controller compatible with FreeBSD that 's also self powered and that has at least 4 USB ports ? I wanna use it for making a better distribution of my USB disks between the bhyve VMS that I use eveyrday. Very thanks.
 
I got one that failed dismally, and one that is great.

The one that works has NEC D720201 which seems to be supported in FreeBSD. It is self powered. The main reason I got it was that it was the only controller I found with a heatsink.

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where did you buy it ? I'm having some troubles to find it. It seems available only on aliexpress. But,unfortunately :

We are sorry to inform you that as we are now still affected by the COVID-19 which we cannot control, the flight schedule to Italy was suspended by airline, we can only ship the parcel to your country by sea (that is surface parcel), it will take around 60 days to arrive your country.
 
Don't you have local craigslist or computer flea markets there?
Used is fine. Buy 3 and I bet 2 work on FreeBSD.

Via USB Chip (as stated in other thread) works good.
NEC USB Chip works good.

Look for used HP and Dell USB3 PCIe cards. They are real cheap and popular.
 
No. Here I live in a place with a very low level knowledge about computers. The local resellers are dead here. They sell only PC with Windows inside and every hardware component is already chosen and cannot be changed. Very few guys knows what is Linux. U can imagine how many guys knows FreeBSD. I would like to have the exact websites where I can buy. And...I'm in love with the fovore NEC D720201 self powered + heatsink model.
 
Deluxe as in $100 card that serves 4 client VM's.
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You don't want to help me or what ? you gave to me a very general website with a lot of USB controllers that aren't good. Why do u want to waste your and my time ? The controllers in that page are missing some of the features I would like to have. they aren't self powered or they haven't the heatsink or they haven't a good or known chip like the renesas.
 
ziomario said:
You don't want to help me or what ? you gave to me a very general website with a lot of USB controllers that aren't good. Why do u want to waste your and my time ? The controllers in that page are missing some of the features I would like to have. they aren't self powered or they haven't the heatsink or they haven't a good or known chip like the renesas.
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These peripherals aren't particularly profitable, so the dodgy ones are pretty much all that exists.
 
I know. That is just a general nudge. 2 ports was fine to start with for me.
Like shkhln mentions. There is some junk on the market.
So Dell and HP and IBM don't generally buy junk. So their OEM cards are OK in my book.
I am sure they make 4 ports versions. Look around...
 
What is the USB chipset? I can't zoom in on the pictures. Details is everything.
This is better than the 5 port card in the other thread.
The 'extra chip' worries me.
 
Renesas.

  • 3. Based on RENESAS NEC high performance chipset with more advance technology.4X added power module provide 4X2 ampere current ensure adequate power supply for USB device.4X electric circuit protector and voltage stable capacitance protect data safety than ever.
 
x4 PCI bus is better. That 5 port card with x1 PCIe lanes is way underprovisioned. Even on PCIe v3
I would say you have a contender with this card.
 
Even this card only has x1 lane PCIe(2.0) and it has to deleiver 4 USB ports at 5gigabits/sec.
Ummmm...Houston we have a problem.
PCIe 2.0 at x1 lanes gives you 500 Megabytes a second
5 gigabits a second is 640 Megabytes a second.

So one USB3 port could soak your PCIe x1 bus.
 
It makes sense why Dell/HP/IBM cards only have 2 ports.
That is maxing the PCIe 2.0 slot out.
But they needed to add flexibility because people want more ports.
 
I used a StarTech 2xport USB 3.1Gen2 PCIe card on my old ZFS server motherboard. It's a PCI Express x4 card -- chosen carefully to provide the bandwidth I wanted.

StarTech have a variety of USB 3.0 PCIe cards available, with a variety of bandwidth options.

My personal experience of StarTech is very positive. I have found their products to work well with FreeBSD and their online support to be excellent. At this very moment I am using two of their SATA/USB converters to vacate my ZFS tank to an external 2x12TB spindle ZFS mirror.

Always check the USB3 standard in the technical specifications, and look for USB 3.1Gen2 or USB3.2 Gen2.
 
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