Re[2]: Promise SATA TX4 300 + 3TB disks?

["Rainer Fügenstein" <rfu@oudeis.org>]

roman, stan,

thanks for your input. I should have added some more information:

the mainboard is an intel D510MO which has "only" one PCI slot and 2
SATA ports. one port runs a 60GB SSD (system), the 2nd one a 3TB WD
drive for temporary data.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-di510mo.html

the 4x 1.5TB drives are connected to the promise TX4 300 in the only
PCI slot.

lspci:
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 01)
according to the kernel wiki PMP is not supported by the ICH7 chipset.

the 2nd application is an old avantek server with a tyan S2882-D
mainboard and 8 drive bays which I want to fill with old drives for
backup purposes. the 4port onboard SATA controller doesn't even
recognize 750GB drives (hangs at startup).
http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/thunderk8sdpro.html

performance is not an issue in both cases. both are more or less just
for storage, no time critical applications.

--
rainer

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