[mythtv-users] 8 Port SATA PCIx card

Krzysztof Adamski k at adamski.org
Sun Jul 19 03:33:34 UTC 2009


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



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