From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 12:23:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B70106566C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from se@FreeBSD.org) Received: from nm30.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm30.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.212.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A884D8FC12 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.151] by nm30.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2011 12:09:28 -0000 Received: from [98.139.211.201] by tm8.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2011 12:09:28 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp210.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2011 12:09:28 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 857803.20617.bm@smtp210.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: from [192.168.119.20] (se@81.173.148.199 with plain) by smtp210.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 01 Jun 2011 05:09:28 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: iDf2N9.swBDAhYEh7VHfpgq0lnq. X-YMail-OSG: lz6WSqQVM1ko2bSal9M9iBegvWcXM.JV1e1dczgk4mc4RqS l40s.R6LEMzQOX6RbtdclH7KYrVS6ovEbv6HxzgtnnEaDGsxX8oZKZaSZfhN Wshl3ASQvRpwwgD8klfQvuiNWtGIY6pDROZCAcLq97qXaCmecOETzfBbWB6b bpPGmjpFp7QPogbc2KZ0rhwYcwsd8ZtVvJ1wMr8o9Rn9tP61YsbGDa1uNobv eFVx4F1wkaxM1TEu_8vRCl2QlkI8gV.oIWEKYlD2aVfCf7TRqkws4lpQOyry rpDfknz7zV1CgOghySW0lp_L_TMT3hSqRWw5UxNjG4ukK4xZRYXgE.LB9eRV 81BTc0cxbMm0v71rtNKtuwv2tygmKORk2IfJjsf7JmK.I1ucyu8uqCXKU.6n 8b8ErwdSLpNeyKqIYZHmM89toPuXkX6kzbsAdC_wGzEwYmEpwcb_E.2xoism ONBOSoXcSScuOB1YYtpC9zuOAGBYcxh0uzdLNgOwA8MEnGlpNvDj_YVn6wD0 jta8uVEjAUWbh8pgDH5ShEYbFkkUZubs- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <4DE62BF7.7090203@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:09:27 +0200 From: Stefan Esser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081105 Thunderbird/2.0.0.18 ThunderBrowse/3.2.2.1 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20110601080706.GA18521@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20110601080706.GA18521@icarus.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: PCIe SATA HBA for ZFS on -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:23:18 -0000 Am 01.06.2011 10:07, schrieb Jeremy Chadwick: > Sadly I don't have a recommendation for you, since you effectively want > a 6-port SATA300 controller that's reliable, you're almost certainly > going to be paying Big Bucks(tm) given the number of ports and your > requirement that it be PCIe-based. You state quite boldly "not wanting > to break the bank", but what you're asking for almost certainly WILL > break the bank. > > For example, an "affordable" controller might be one driven by Silicon > Image's SiI3124 chip -- four (4) SATA300 ports, but it's only hooked to > PCI or PCI-X, not PCIe, which means you're susceptible to a much more > severe bus bottleneck than with PCIe: > > http://www.siliconimage.com/products/family.aspx?id=3 FYI: There is at least one PCIe card with Sil3124 (with PCIe to PCI-X bridge on the controller card): http://www.leaf-computer.com/#24e Price is 69 Euro plus 5 Euro shipping to Europe or North America (i.e. some US$110 total). Regards, STefan