From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Overmeer Subject: Re: 8-port SATA PCI/PCIX adaptor Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 17:02:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20050402170249.I4352@speeltuin.ATComputing.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from davidmaxwaterman@fastmail.co.uk on Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 10:33:59PM +0800 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Max Waterman Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids * Max Waterman (davidmaxwaterman@fastmail.co.uk) [050402 16:42]: > http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo-x_esata8.html > do you think this will work with Linux? > > what about Linux on an Intel platform? > > I wonder how it performs - esp. compared to the supermicro card > http://supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm which > which is a fair bit cheaper at ~$99 and presents the ports internally. I > know the Supermicro has a linux driver (they emailed it to me), but I > haven't tried it. You may also take a look at new motherboards from (for instance) Asus which have already 8 SATA ports of their own. I have one board with 4 SATA on board, 4x300GB disks striped reaching over 200MB/s. See http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A8N-SLI%20Deluxe&langs=09 Anyone tried to use all 8 ports at the same time? The less special hardware the better, IMO. -- MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drs Mark A.C.J. Overmeer MARKOV Solutions Mark@Overmeer.net solutions@overmeer.net http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net