From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 18:41:49 2010 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 023211065670; Wed, 12 May 2010 18:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@wensing.org) Received: from mail.wensing.org (wensing.xs4all.nl [80.101.217.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF668FC15; Wed, 12 May 2010 18:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ares.wensing.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wensing.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1742B171E4; Wed, 12 May 2010 20:24:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wensing.org Received: from mail.wensing.org ([127.0.0.1]) by ares.wensing.org (ares.wensing.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kodjgM8OD68W; Wed, 12 May 2010 20:24:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.14] (atlas.wensing.org [192.168.1.14]) by mail.wensing.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CACAC17073; Wed, 12 May 2010 20:24:42 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:24:42 +0200 From: Andre Wensing User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lev@FreeBSD.org References: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add more HDDs to system based on ICH10R: PICe SATA controller vs SATA port muiltiplier 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: Wed, 12 May 2010 18:41:49 -0000 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)? > >