Check this link out: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ AT the end, they have a list of components, cheap ones. One is a 2-port sata card and another is a 4-port sata card. You might find them appealing to your usage. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:39 PM, John Robinson<john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/09/2009 15:34, Jon Hardcastle wrote: >> >> --- On Tue, 8/9/09, Majed B. <majedb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Jon, According to this link ( >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.ports.x86-64/browse_thread/thread/12f2084ceace4c08?pli=1 >>> ) that card uses fake raid > > [...] >> >> Hi, thanks for the link! I was planning on just using it as a means to get >> more ports - and then use mdadm to actually to the raid part. > > Been doing a spot of Googling around this myself. Looks like there's open > source code available to support seeing the discs, either with sata_mv or > Adaptec's own aar81xx drivers, which will get you going for what you say > above. However, if you did want to use HostRAID (Adaptec's name for > fakeraid) you either have to build Adaptec's driver linking in their > closed-source binary HostRAID code or use the open source dmraid. > > I'm a bit mystified at the idea of Adaptec using Marvell chips, though. I > wonder what that's all about? > > Cheers, > > John. > -- Majed B. -- 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
