Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:09:27 -0500 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Jukka Simila <home@jukkis.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial ATA Message-ID: <3E4A8DD7.1050407@mitre.org> In-Reply-To: <1045072200.621.14.camel@localhost> References: <3E4A7951.4020607@mitre.org> <1045072200.621.14.camel@localhost>
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Jukka Simila wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 17:41, Jason Andresen wrote: > >>Hello, >> Does anybody know if any Serial ATA cards are supported in FreeBSD? In >>particular, is the 4 port Promise SATA150 TX4 supported? >> >>I don't see anything in the hardware list, but has anybody had any luck >>with these cards? >> >>My thought on this matter was to avoid the PCI interrupt issues by just >>using one of those somewhat inexpensive Serial ATA cards with 4+ ports >>and Serial->Parallel ATA converters on the HDDs (which aren't as >>inexpensive as I'd like but still within reason). Apparently nobody >>makes an affordable 4 port Parallel ATA controller, they're all pricy >>RAID solutions. > > > Dont know about SATA150, but: > If Promise SX6000 is out of question, then what about Highpoint > RocketRaid 404? That has HPT374 chip, and at least hardware notes say > HPT374 works. > > In sweden, RocketRaid 404 =~ EUR 130, Promise SATA 150 =~ EUR 95. > I'm sure the cost of 4 adapters would fill that gap? > > (i didn't check the exact exchange rates at the moment but you see the > approximate..) Hmm, that looks like almost exactly what I was looking for. I can't belive I didn't see it earlier. I was even on Highpoint's site. Since I don't plan on using the RAID features, I wasn't ready to drop the $230US for the 3Ware card, but this one looks quite feasable at ~$90US. Thanks! -- \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer _| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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