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Date:      Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:56:49 -0700
From:      Elliot Finley <efinleywork@efinley.com>
To:        Christopher Key <cjk32@cam.ac.uk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SATA Port Multipliers in FreeBSD (6.3)
Message-ID:  <49B01261.5010200@efinley.com>
In-Reply-To: <49AFE0DF.9000003@cam.ac.uk>
References:  <49AFE0DF.9000003@cam.ac.uk>

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Christopher Key wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking to substantially expand the storage on my FreeBSD 6.3 home 
> media server.  With regards hardware, the simplest way to attach large 
> numbers of drives seem to be to use SATA port multipliers, but I've been 
> unable to find any consensus on their level of support in FreeBSD.  I'm 
> currently looking at a RocketRAID 2314 and SiI3726 based port 
> multipliers.  Has any had any experience with this combination?

Why not just upgrade to 7-Stable and then use these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009

they cost less than port multipliers.  They don't do RAID, but then if 
you're on 7-Stable, you can use ZFS zraid.

Elliot



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