From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dexter Filmore Subject: What hardware for RAID5? (PCIe controller or fast onboard) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:33:39 +0100 Message-ID: <200903181833.39469.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1956672.C7kuyzZORb"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --nextPart1956672.C7kuyzZORb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I want to upgrade server hardware here, currently I have 5 Samsungs (sATA I= I)=20 sitting on the onboard controller of an Asus K8N-E Socket754 board. I guess the controller chips are both connected via PCI hence performance=20 isn't really hot. Basically I need either a board with at least 6x sATA-II attached via PCIe = or=20 a "dumb" PCIe 4x or 8x controller card. Any recommendations? Dex =2D-=20 =2D----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@=20 b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? =2D-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de --nextPart1956672.C7kuyzZORb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBJwTBzm6TdMk9WhQ0RAmmHAJ9VgtZjODXsEEjHoS744cWMNKRJogCeL3En SS08OaR87W9tvAxhOCQuW5s= =KmOs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1956672.C7kuyzZORb--