On 09/08/18 19:23, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > I've just purchased an Asus Z370-A motherboard to replace my older > desktop board. It includes 6 SATA6 ports but I need a few more. > > Do you have any recommendations? > > All the regular controllers I've found are PCIe v2.0 and most are x1. > Is that even fast enough for 6mbs? Is the 3.0 standard just not widely > adopted yet? > > This one looks reasonable. Any reason to think it wouldn't work with > Linux? It's also v2.0 > https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-8-port-Controller-SI-PEX40071/dp/B00ESFEI2E/ Do you need that number of ports? I tried to find that but it doesn't seem to be available on amazon.co.uk. I found this 4-port instead https://www.amazon.co.uk/IO-Crest-4-Port-mSATA-Adapter/dp/B01LG95O7W/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1533853608&sr=8-19&keywords=IO+Crest+SATA+III > > I've always used md instead of hardware RAID, but is there any > advantage to the controllers with some amount of onboard cache? I > would then need the breakout cables to SATA. > https://www.amazon.com/LSI-Logic-SAS9260-8I-8PORT-512MB/dp/B002IT4YG2/ > > I currently have this Intel SATA controller. Are the ones I've listed > above faster/better than this onboard? > 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH SATA > controller [AHCI mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) > > Anyone remember the Hardware-Compatibility-HOWTO? :-) > > Thanks for any ideas. The one I'm thinking of getting for myself is https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-eSATA-Express-Controller-Adapter/dp/B003N3FP2O/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1509064081&sr=8-7&keywords=pcie+sata+controller But that is because I want the eSATA to attach an external cage for copying etc. Note that I don't have experience of either - they're in my plans for "tomorrow", whenever that arrives :-) Cheers, Wol
