Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:22:53 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: fbsd@dannysplace.net Subject: Re: new server motherboard with SATA II Message-ID: <20080627012253.07e629e0@freen0de> In-Reply-To: <4864769C.4050002@dannysplace.net> References: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> <20080627040545.GA21856@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <4864769C.4050002@dannysplace.net>
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> I'm thinking of getting a couple of Promise SATA-300 TX4 IO cards > (non-raid). Perhaps that will offload the CPU. Loading PCI bus with more plain SATA controllers? Don't expect any positive results. How about something like this: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330240176734 (PERC 5/i SAS RAID controller HBA, PCIe x8, 256MB RAM) -- $120 This should give you ~300-400 MB/s with your 5 drives. It might not work with your mainboard, though -- but there's a trick to isolate SMBus pins the card edge connector (search the Net). > -D [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2
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