[mythtv-users] 8 Port SATA PCIx card

[Albert Graham]

On 07/19/2009 04:33 AM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 04:27 +0100, Albert Graham wrote:
>    
>> On 07/19/2009 04:16 AM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>      
>>> I'm looking at making a NAS, so I was looking at motherboards that have
>>> PCI-X slots to use the SuperMicro 8 port SATA card AOC-SAT2-MV8
>>>
>>> After spending few hours try to narrow down a suitable motherboard, I
>>> found this SuperMicro card: AOC-SASLP-MV8
>>>
>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SASLP-MV8.cfm
>>>
>>> This will make looking for a motherboard easier.
>>>
>>> Has anybody used this card in Linux without problems?
>>>
>>> K
>>>
>>>        
>> Have a look at this, 3ware card (it comes in many sizes)
>>
>> http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata2-9650.asp
>>
>> The card you specify is limited to 300MB per port (600M) limit, with
>> modern drives this will be a serverly limiting factor.
>>
>> I have the 12 port version of this card and can read at 750MB/s and
>> write at>  600M (using raid5 array with 8x1G drives).
>>
>> This is a PCIe card so you will need that class of motherboard.
>>
>> Drivers for this card are already (and have been for many years) in the
>> kernel and are well maintained.
>>
>> Albert.
>>      
>
> There is a big difference in price, the SM is about C$120 vs 3ware-8
> over US$500.
>
> The new SM card is also PCIe, so it should be faster then the old PCI-X card.
>
> K
>    

Sorry, I was not thinking about price, but I'm sure if you search ebay 
you'll get one close to your price bracket.

Albert.



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