From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Andrew Lyon" Subject: Recommended PCI Express or PCI-X SATA (Raid) Controller? Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:00:20 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.26]:8282 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754739AbYIMJAW (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:00:22 -0400 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so523153eyi.37 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, I want to add a PCI Express or PCI-X SATA Controller to my system for an additional 2 or 4 sata ports, however I am running Xen so I am stuck with a older kernel version, gentoo xen 2.6.21 has proved to be fairly stable on my hardware but I may attempt to upgrade to 2.6.25 if necessary, can anybody recommend a pci-x or pci express sata controller with 2 or 4 ports that has been well supported since at least 2.6.21? I assumed that any real hardware raid device would be beyond my budget but I might just be able to afford a Areca ICAe1210, has anybody used Areca cards with older kernels? Thanks Andy