Justin Piszcz wrote (ao): > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Sander wrote: >> Justin Piszcz wrote (ao): >>> Its too bad that there are no regular > 4 port SATA PCI-e controllers >>> out there. >> >> Is there a disadvantage to using a SaS controller from for example >> lsi.com ? >> >> http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/index.html >> >> I haven't tried them yet, but on paper it looks like an option, no? > > Hmm that is also a good idea- but I am afraid there could be a > similiar issue where it tries to do weird caching stuff, even when the > drives are in JBOD. Unless they offer a !raid SAS controller that > supports SATA drives. I guess they are cheap enough to try (I haven't yet): PCIe: http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3080xr/index.html PCI-X http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3081er/index.html All SaS hardware (controllers, chassis, etc) support SATA disks AFAIK. I have good experience with the Supermicro 8-Port SATA Card http://www.supermicro.nl/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm But that is PCI-X while you requested PCIe. With kind regards, Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
