[vfio-users] Using a physical disk in QEMU

[Taiidan at gmx.com]

On 10/22/2017 05:02 AM, Bronek Kozicki wrote:

> Note: only SAS drives should be used with expanders. SATA drivers are
> unlikely to work well with expanders. For those, this card counts as "8
> drives only". Which is IMO still good.
>
Not true, there is a thread on the hard forum where literally hundreds 
of guys have massive SATA storage arrays via the ebay bought HP SAS 
expander which supports SATA.
They have no issues.

https://hardforum.com/threads/hp-sas-expander-owners-thread.1484614/