Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:24:42 +0200 From: Andre Wensing <andre@wensing.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add more HDDs to system based on ICH10R: PICe SATA controller vs SATA port muiltiplier Message-ID: <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org> In-Reply-To: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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For what i've read so far: there's a Supermicro card that seems to work, but it's apparently a reversed card of some sort. That is the one of the few non-RAID card that is supported under FreeBSD besides some Sil-chipset-based ones. The Adaptec ASC-1405 (and Areca's 1300i as well) are both non-RAID cards based on Marvell's 88SE6440-chip, but there is no driver-support for these cards. I have the Adaptec-card, and am hoping that this chip will get support in FreeBSD. Areca has put on their website that the driver for FreeBSD will be made available somewehere in Q1/Q2 of 2010 (just like Adaptec, they claim FreeBSD-support on the box and in their marketing but haven't got a driver, although the card has some support from the Linux-community). I haven't found any decent card yet with more than 2 SATA-ports that have FreeBSD-support that aren't RAID-cards (at least in NL) Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Freebsd-hardware. > > I have hjome storage server, which is equipped with 6 HDDs (one with > system and five for geom_raid5 in SuperMicro SATA hot-swap cage). > I need add more HDDs :) > > What is better: PICe SATA controller or SATA port multiplier? > > Is here SATA port multipliers for internal installation? > > Which PCIe controllers (pure controllers, I don't want to pay > additional money for soft-RAID and I don't have budget for true SATA > RAID) works best with FreeBSD? > > Maybe, here is good-but-not-too-expensive hotswap cages with port > multipliers (my one have 5 SATA connectors on backplane for 5 > HDDs)? > >
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