From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 05:14:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD011106566B for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from sopwith.solgatos.com (pool-98-108-131-11.ptldor.fios.verizon.net [98.108.131.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329AA8FC08 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by sopwith.solgatos.com (Postfix, from userid 66) id 84ED2B64F; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:56:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by sopwith.solgatos.com (8.8.8/6.24) id CAA21330; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:57:51 GMT Message-Id: <200911240257.CAA21330@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:34:38 +0200." <4B027C3E.7020700@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:57:51 PST From: Dieter Subject: PCIe-x1 SATA controllers (was: Re: Adaptec 1405 on FreeBSD ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:14:34 -0000 In message <4B027C3E.7020700@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Motin writes: > >>>>> - SiI3124-based - fast and functional. It is actually PCI-X one, but > >>>>> there are many boards with built-in PCIe bridges. > >>> Do any of these fit in a x1 slot? > >> I was surprised, but yes. > > > > My google-fu fails me. Any make/model, URLs, or keywords? > > Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008 Does anyone other than Syba make these? I'm a bit leery of Syba after my experience with some of their other fine products. Reviews on newegg say it "Gets a bit hot" and "gets quite hot under load", despite that big heatsink. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16816124027 ---------- > The interesting fact I have seen yesterday, SiI3132 is able to read > 150MB/s, but write 170MB/s. I am not PCIe expert, but looks like > transfer capabilities could be asymmetric. Also, and as soon as PCIe is > duplex, I've also seen 110MB/s read from one drive, plus 100MB/s write > to another, running at the same time. Seems odd. ---------- >From what I can see, FreeBSD does not support the Marvell 88SE61xx SATA controllers? For example, the SATA2-PCIE1x12 has 4 SATA ports + 1 PATA channel, for US$30.13 http://www.span.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_714_2502&products_id=16957 There is a similar SATA2-PCIE1X11 board with all ports internal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvell_Technology_Group_chipsets points to a patch for OpenBSD: http://www.webservertalk.com/message2133676.html and apparently penguinix supports them. ---------- Then we have this oddball, 2 SATA-300 ports + 2 SATA-150 ports: SYBA SY-PEX40013 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124029