Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?

[Sander <sander@humilis.net>]

Lennart Sorensen wrote (ao):
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> > Not sure about the two port, but for example the SX8 is 180 dollars at
> > pricewatch.com, while an Areca 12-port starts at 756 dollars. That is
> > 22.5 dollars per port vs 63 dollars per port. More or less the same goes
> > for 3Ware.
> 
> Hmm, well the 24 port is listed at 1278, so less per port than the 12
> port for sure, but if you only need 8, then well... :)

Actually, I need 24 ports :-)  But 3x SX8 sets me back 540 dollars
according to pricewatch, which is less than half.

> Of course I doubt there is that big a market for an 8 port NON raid
> card, which might explain why there doesn't seem to be any. Of course
> if there aren't any it is hard to have a market exist for them.

True.

> > Of course you can't compare Areca/3Ware with the SX8 feature-wise, but
> > all I need JBOD.
> 
> Well personally I have never seen more than 4 ports per card on a non
> hardware raid card.  That doesn't mean they don't exist, but it makes
> it a lot less likely that they exist in my book. :)

Fakeraid controllers are less expensive, and would do too of course :-)

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