[mythtv-users] Recommendations requested for new HUGE server storage / myth

[Mark]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I run a mixed-use server:
>
>   
Very nice.  Sounds very similar.

So here's how my data is set up:
> /dev/md20 is the large, slow eSATA storage in a RAID-5 setup.  It 
> actually sits in a 20 slot hot swap case with 4 esata port multipliers, 
> so I have lots of room to grow.  :-)
>   
No kidding...  :)
> The mobo is an Asus M2N SLI Deluxe, which has proven absolutely rock 
> solid.  I hammered it really hard here lately - dumping data from md10 
> to md20 and from my old server via ethernet to md10, all the while doing 
> the rebuild on md20, and it barely broke a sweat.
>
> In other words, I don't know if you need a RAID card - I'm using mobo 
> sata and esata connectors and linux kernel raid.
>   
Ok, so what good pci-x controller should I use?  I've got 4 sata spots 
on the motherboard, and 4 drives.  I'm out of ports.
Nowhere to put the OS drive.  Don't really want a IDE boot drive.