From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F3AC2D0E4 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2DD206D5 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="rTNHklQr" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726969AbgKYCrQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:47:16 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44540 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726330AbgKYCrQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:47:16 -0500 Received: from mail-oo1-xc2d.google.com (mail-oo1-xc2d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 430CEC0613D4 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:47:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-oo1-xc2d.google.com with SMTP id s11so143010oov.13 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:47:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=4uOPWLD8TXR9VQ7lg7VQCrqNr95+yZjOL6Tk3ZgZ6f8=; b=rTNHklQrRBqiAHzMdlf/G5PA26eolES8BfxSerdeCJFNq9QpPzTWjYA0Dw+1F4oWvG TuAwj+eH7DQ8ZXmcE0+uNVygLB/F6kKlEsEDsvjMO2U3Ol96yib8vVPwd+Ur4VZV6MPO PJuGzcN59eWB1spbwlXHlUMybLgyuC3JfW91KbXCHF3M52kyE8aC4Dbgw6JI3+78ejNJ Mf/KVh10uUHC6V4PuunBlyhOiKRJWr38QDFsqDj9pHhBWV/8/woONLvLErDjBPJes6yX MHI0G/fomqpASK0pYRA7tVaUeTfFlpjZBETw9ZecCr1QirPpLiYSX5NYXEY9gY1jkt79 N7+Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=4uOPWLD8TXR9VQ7lg7VQCrqNr95+yZjOL6Tk3ZgZ6f8=; b=BaKhJ0LWPSErq7p3ACpYNzbEUGm+VtZsb40PLO/qbZGFekK/c/iwbZVtv+0Xf9KXD/ net+xagk/OC1nJo6IFrJw11ncd1xpVE25nEkw03cKH8KTc+KjJV7iABEBSbRx+/WYdjF 9xYNn6FCqQ1P1/NLqPC8QgNeDdKOa0kO61fd3Qh0LrY5401hYgQCGDvYB76kvriW23dF nyHpW0CuLUBYScjgvtXdnKVuELASvsoKx7Pcrvegd3+J+sD/hOBaYjrfS5n86lBdoeyN Z46zBW/ugAxFbSjv1DFQYq0pflWJq6S789Ezyfy8APvabDv2XAaXHO6KlNAlWwUqYgLs K0pA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Qi1ETbYp4mQ6W6TjVBScKoLCD3eiVSVO3riD1Pe2HZIZJkQiG l/kRj7U/JGtfU/we2wjfoDN/RKZibOY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwpfaGGC1709ICNB2rCAy4Ogtxw7TPQb1PjkR+9idzmIilX7VK3+JOoQbknDi1bo6GzqDx3Ug== X-Received: by 2002:a4a:e5ce:: with SMTP id r14mr1202439oov.11.1606272435386; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:47:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.3.75] ([47.187.193.82]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id m109sm514867otc.30.2020.11.24.18.47.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:47:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Considering new SATA PCIe card To: Alex , Linux RAID References: From: Ram Ramesh Message-ID: Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:47:14 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 11/24/20 8:20 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi, I have a fedora33 server with an E31240 @ 3.30GHz processor with > 32GB that I'm using as a backup server with 4x4TB 7200 SATA disks in > RAID5 and 2x480GB SSDs in RAID1 for root. The motherboard has two > SATA-6 ports on it and the others are SATA3. > > Would there really be any benefit to purchasing a new controller such > as this for it instead of the onboard for the 4x4TB disks? > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ST9CPND/ > > The server is relatively responsive, but I was just wondering if I > could keep it running for a few more years with a faster SATA > controller. > > I'm also curious if the SATA cables have improved over time, or are > the same cables I purchased five years ago just as good today? If plan to use addon cards, please consider LSI SAS9211-8i cards. Well supported and reliable. Ramesh