From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Robinson Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Cheap 4-port PCI-E SATA card? Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:11:34 +0000 Message-ID: <4D21E726.7070306@anonymous.org.uk> References: <4D20E9F7.2080800@anonymous.org.uk> <20110103033100.40a80113@natsu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110103033100.40a80113@natsu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Roman Mamedov Cc: Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 02/01/2011 22:31, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:11:19 +0000 > John Robinson wrote: > >> Please could someone suggest a cheap PCI-E SATA card with 4 internal= ports? > > "Marvell 88SE6445 Raid 0,1,5,10 and JBOD", $60 at eBay: http://ur1.ca= /2qa3t In the UK the best I've found is the Highpoint 2640x1 at =A392 ex deliv= ery=20 and taxes, which at current exchange rates is $142. I'm slightly=20 reluctant to buy a no-brand item direct from China. > "LSI SAS3041E-R 4-Port SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter", $73 at DX: > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.51317 =A3113 or $174 is the best I can find in the UK. I wonder if they ship=20 internationally... their $73 is =A348... > Or if you meant 'cheap' as in $20-30 cheap, then there's no such (4-P= ort PCI-E) > thing, but you can easily get not one, but two 2-Port PCI-E x1 boards= for that > price. If you go that route, make sure you get the JMB363 chip, unlik= e SiI3132 > it has not been spotted having any data corruption issues AFAIK. Well, there are 4-port PCI cards in the =A317-25 cheap range, so I had=20 hoped there would be 4-port PCI-E cards in the =A335-50 range, which is= =20 the ballpark for basic cheap motherboards with 4-6 SATA ports on them,=20 but it's not generally true. Anyway thanks for the help, I shall chase up DX and think on... Cheers, John. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html