Hello, I am using Adaptec 1430SA. I chose it because it was the only: * reasonably priced (no hw raid), * >2 port controller, * pci-e faster than x1. >From bad news, I cannot access its "configuration utility" during startup, just as Ryan mentioned. I'm using Asus P5K-E (P35 chipset), and 1430SA lives in non-gfx pci-e slot. I don't cry though, I never wanted to use its fakeraid for anything. I'm running 2.6.23-0.214.rc8.git2.fc8 and currently only a WD10EADS is hooked up to the 1430SA. I'm using sata_mv driver, and it looks more or less like this: sata_mv 0000:04:00.0: version 1.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 sata_mv 0000:04:00.0: Applying 60X1C0 workarounds to unknown rev sata_mv 0000:04:00.0: Gen-IIE 32 slots 4 ports ? mode IRQ via INTx PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64 scsi10 : sata_mv scsi11 : sata_mv scsi12 : sata_mv scsi13 : sata_mv ata11: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000000000 ctl 0xffffc20002fa2120 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16 ata12: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000000000 ctl 0xffffc20002fa4120 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16 ata13: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000000000 ctl 0xffffc20002fa6120 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16 ata14: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000000000 ctl 0xffffc20002fa8120 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 16 ata11: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata11.00: ATA-8: WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0, 01.00A01, max UDMA/133 ata11.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata12: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) ata13: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) ata14: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD10EADS-00M 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 10:0:0:0: [sdh] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) ... Initially I was worried about sata_mv 0000:04:00.0: Applying 60X1C0 workarounds to unknown rev sata_mv 0000:04:00.0: Gen-IIE 32 slots 4 ports ? mode IRQ via INTx because support for 1430SA was added just around 2.6.23, so it seems my kernel doesn't really recognise it correctly (should be 7-something chip). I was worried about some data corruption with sata_mv (that I've just read about) but both issues turned out to be no problem. It works perfectly and I've not encountered any corruption across 1TB of md5'ed files. I suggest using newer kernel though. So to sum up, I found it good value for money with no real drawbacks. Cheers, Mike 2009/9/8 Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@xxxxxxxxx>: > Does anyone have any experience with Adaptec controllers? Namely > > http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sataii/AAR-1430SA/ > > I want to increase my machines drive capacity and reply the existing 2 port pci-e with this bad boy. > > Also; any ideas of a good price? Have seen for ~£70 + p&p -- 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
