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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