From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: marvell sata status? Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:10:58 -0500 Message-ID: <495E3C92.2070304@rtr.ca> References: <20090101051038.GD3386@pimb.org> <495CCE0F.7010002@rtr.ca> <20090101184450.GG3386@pimb.org> <20090101194302.GH3386@pimb.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:48959 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751141AbZABQJ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:09:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090101194302.GH3386@pimb.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jody Belka Cc: Justin Piszcz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Jody Belka wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 02:11:37PM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Jody Belka wrote: >>> Cool, I think I'll go for that card then (Adaptec 1430SA). They're >>> x4, so good bandwidth, and i'll use the x16 slots on my board for >>> them. Only need one for now, but two eventually. And they're a good >>> price, at only =C2=A377 each. >> Does the card 'recognize' disks as SATA or do you have to export the= m as=20 >> JBOD? The star tech card allows you to see the sata drives directly. >=20 > Well, it's just fake-raid, so surely you can always see the individua= l drives? > Are there actually cards out there that don't? *boggle* >=20 > Hmm.... ok, checking the Adaptec knowledgebase: >=20 > Q: Can drives be used on an Adaptec RAID controller but not be used a= s > part of a RAID array? >=20 > A: Hard drives attached to an Adaptec RAID controller do not have to = be > configured as an array member to work properly. The RAID controlle= r > will recognize and access single disks. Please refer to your contr= oller > documentation for instructions on accessing drives that are not a = member > of any RAID array.=20 =2E. I suppose, of all of the vendors, Adaptec probably has the best chance of getting that part right, and probably without randomly writing metad= ata somewhere on the drive simply for JBOD. Anyone know for sure ? Cheers