From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stan Hoeppner Subject: Re: Inexpensive RAID1 controller for home server? Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:09:43 -0500 Message-ID: <50306707.40302@hardwarefreak.com> References: Reply-To: stan@hardwarefreak.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Knecht Cc: Linux-RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 8/18/2012 2:18 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if there is direct knowledge here about this controller? > > http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Rocket-SATA-PCI-Express-Controller/dp/B002VEWBGO > > I'm looking to add an inexpensive 2-port controller for a home > server that's out of ports on the MB but has room in the chassis for a > couple more drives running RAID1. The machine has been successfully > running mdadm for the last couple of years and the power supply is > plenty big enough to take on the new hardware. > > According the the Highpoint site is has native Linux support so it > doesn't appear there are any major driver availability issues. The one > problem I've read about that concerns me is it may conflict with > existing on-board Marvell eSATA controllers which this machine has. Given the potential Marvell conflict issue, go with Silicon Image: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124027 All Silicon Image chips are supported in mainline, have been forever. -- Stan