From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Recommended pci-e 1x SATA cards. Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:54:19 +0800 Message-ID: <4DA7A54B.2060804@fnarfbargle.com> References: <4DA6CCFE.8020708@crc.id.au> <20110414165433.7a7d1cdc@natsu> <4DA74CF3.2050509@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4DA74CF3.2050509@hardwarefreak.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Stan Hoeppner Cc: Roman Mamedov , Steven Haigh , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 15/04/11 03:37, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Roman Mamedov put forth on 4/14/2011 5:54 AM: > >> I suggest that you avoid Silicon Image 3132, they have data corruption issue >> (on some board designs?), triggered or amplified by transferring via both >> ports at the same time, at full speed. > > Stating this opinion based on a very limited number of such reports is > irresponsible. If the issue is a bad PCB from a couple of vendors, > state the vendors and the card model and rev. DO NOT paint the SATA > chip itself as BAD and something to avoid. Case in point: Valid point. The card referenced in that thread is a generic unbranded card made in China and bought off the shelf from a computer store in Dubai, UAE. It has CE, FCC & C-tick marks on it but no approval numbers and the only code on the device is PI43132-8X2A written under the boot rom.