[mythtv-users] 8 Port SATA PCIx card

[Albert Graham]

On 07/19/2009 05:05 AM, Albert Graham wrote:
> 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.
For example, item  number (140333889946), the Battery backup cost more 
than $150 and this includes it.

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