From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G2RI8-0003zk-Cy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:29:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6HBSJeo010776; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:28:19 GMT Received: from gimli.home.gaima.co.uk (brad.comodogroup.com [82.109.38.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6HBM4Gm003583 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:22:04 GMT Received: (qmail 27530 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2006 12:22:00 +0100 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 Jul 2006 12:22:00 +0100 From: Mike Williams To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] OT SATA card recommendations Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:21:58 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607171221.58840.mike@gaima.co.uk> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k6HBM4Gm003583 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k6HBSJf6010776 X-Archives-Salt: c2f8aab2-a13d-4666-8a6d-9726e2752b65 X-Archives-Hash: ad3d70478781eba82fd17d2ddb0a540b Hey, In the next month or so I wish/need to make some storage modifications, I= 'm=20 running out of space, quickly. Currently it's a horrible hodge podge of 2 RAID5s in one VG, and 1 RAID10= in=20 another VG. 1 of 3 is PATA other 2 SATA (RAID5), 5 of 5 SATA (RAID5), and= 4=20 of 4 PATA (RAID10), 1 of 1 PATA (boot and OS). Spread over the on-board P= ATA=20 controller, a PCI 2 port PATA (for the 4 drives in RAID10), and an 8 port= =20 marvell SATA card (which doesn't have a usable driver I can find after=20 2.6.13). That lot in a very old globalwin 302 (??) midi tower. Yes, it's *hot*. I already know I'm going for a Antec P180, so I'm limited to a maximum of= 10=20 drives, one boot disk, and a CD (something I'm missing now). 320GB drives are the best =A3/GB at the moment, even if they only give 29= 8GB=20 usable space. 10 x 298GB / RAID6 =3D=3D just under twice what I've got already, and mor= e=20 redundancy. So, the point in my post. I need a 12 port SATA card that works properly = with=20 open-source drivers (preferable in kernel). Cost isn't the primary concern, even if this is only for home use. I don't need, or in fact want, on-board RAID, software RAID is better in = my=20 opinion. 3x 4 ports is an option, at a push. I'd rather not lose the gigabit nic=20 though. I see that 3ware do a 12 port card, but it's over 500 quid! Cost may not = be=20 the primary concern, but 500 quid is still 500 quid! Anyone with any experience? Ta --=20 Mike Williams --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list