From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com ([192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m718BYBO019934 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:11:34 -0700 Received: from lucidpixels.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id C260E1967F12 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lucidpixels.com (lucidpixels.com [75.144.35.66]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 8LxbVS60esK6GoHG for ; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:12:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz Subject: Re: 12 Veliciraptors again w/x4 card (~1gbyte/sec aggregate read)! In-Reply-To: <20080801034150.GA32026@sewage.raw-sewage.fake> Message-ID: References: <4872A2F4.2010604@dgreaves.com> <20080801034150.GA32026@sewage.raw-sewage.fake> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Matt Garman Cc: David Greaves , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Matt Garman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 04:39:34AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Justin Piszcz wrote: >>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, David Greaves wrote: >>>> Justin Piszcz wrote: >>>>> Each PCI-e x1 card has 1 veliciraptor on it now. >>>>> Got an x4 card wit 4 sata ports: >>>> Useful - which card? >>> >>> StarTech 4 Port PCI Express x4 SATA II Card Model PEXSATA24E >>> >>> >> Chipset: Marvell 88SX7042 >> SATA Connectivity: Use four internal ports at the same time or two internal >> and two external ports >> >> Which is fully supported in the latest kernels (didn't try an old kernel): >> >> linux-2.6.25.10/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c >> >> /* Marvell 7042 support */ >> { PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x7042), chip_7042 }, > > How have that card and the array attached to it been doing since you > originally posted this? No problems to report yet, working well, I wish I had multiple x4 or x16 slots and use those instead of x1 cards (the mobo would need to support the I/O as well).. > > Doesn't that HighPoint 23xx card also use the Marvell 88SX7042 chip? I read remeber 'locked' 64kb read problem but not any corruption issue. > I remember seeing the threads about the HighPoint card silently > corrupting data by silently writing over parts of the disk(s) with Also I MD5SUM -c (verify) 100-150GiB of data daily or so to make sure it is OK, so far, no problems. > its own info. I'm guessing that's not a "feature" of the Marvell > chip, but still... admittedly irrational fear here :) Have not seen it yet. > > It would be nice if that Supermicro 8-port SATA card (AOC-SAT2-MV8) > was available in PCIe... I wonder if it's possible to just graft > multiple SiI 3132 controllers (2 SATA each) on a single PCIe card? Yes, I asked Supermicro about it and they never mailed me back about a PCIe version.. That's a good question, I suppose if it was easy it would have already been done? Justin.