From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgPAa-0004qW-ET for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:32:36 +0000 Received: by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 207) id 69504E0876; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65F47E0345; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f218.google.com (mail-ew0-f218.google.com [209.85.219.218]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B0A1E0345 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy18 with SMTP id 18so9907ewy.14 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:13:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=7fT17Xt/1NdOwEeWxIXkFEl0de9nWnS7+Vh9uVdBjV4=; b=SI0NjLLU49bATSEqVcaR2t4Gtfb2NI2zY+SPRFda24QvZbOCJ6PdyTxbxGDcg7Z0v3 0PCnqmL7puvb5ndCBbjkG0c3y/UKDJ1cKmk8S/Eznl6ODx3c+m+9TIJCVdfTHCZZpe/z AxknYSKi75saV3d193r2UyHfbV9d/0R+NKSmU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=OsUp+ccartBzFtUK695dl5O+Yxy6UdzyPPaTz0+to9xrKtd8rnoobAsCxMv01gred7 MHdDdST95BuSrQ1qPyiYsA9xMGvzHtGVQ/2Ev5ewHqj+10dHYVanfPzIajXFzeYuviP/ z9Tb0MQKs8qY5YTcuVVY6vVij+OxEdeGzzoeI= Received: by 10.210.141.4 with SMTP id o4mr8007053ebd.40.1251281603202; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coercion ([91.191.238.58]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm2455703eyf.39.2009.08.26.03.13.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:13:08 +0600 From: Mike Kazantsev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support Message-ID: <20090826161308.1ea53c02@coercion> In-Reply-To: <470032.71964.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <470032.71964.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.5; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/n6a2OkkrNm05CsiXs+UZabE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 919821a0-d5d6-4080-8831-e4381defedda X-Archives-Hash: 05abce1bcd44107d22f5bd86c4a0a054 --Sig_/n6a2OkkrNm05CsiXs+UZabE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:54 -0700 (PDT) Jon Hardcastle wrote: > I am looking at ways to increase the drive capacity of my machine. It has= 4 in built sata ports, and currently 2 off the PCI port - which is only sa= ta 150 - this has proved a troublesome route. I have the option of a 2 port= sata-300 off the 1 pci-express I have but I was looking to increase slight= ly more than that. to a total of 8. >=20 > I have come across Sata Port Multiplying before and saw the support was a= bit weak. I have come back to it again. >=20 > i am lookin at this bad boy. >=20 > [Lycom ST-158 SATA II-3Gbps 1-To-5Ports H/W RAID Host Adapter] > http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lycom-ST-158-SATA-II-3Gbps-1-To-5Ports-H-W= -RAID-Host-Adapter >=20 > Can anyone advise if they have any experience in this area? Or indicate s= ome level of success failure? (it is =C2=A350 so i dont want to buy it unle= ss there is a reasonable chance of success! I believe this card should present all the disks connected to it as a single device (disk) to the controller it's 1-sata plugged in to, so there should be no problems with support as the whole thing is transparent to software. Alas, I've only heard of such devices, but never used one and I have no clue about the performance. --=20 Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net --Sig_/n6a2OkkrNm05CsiXs+UZabE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqVCrkACgkQASbOZpzyXnEFyQCgtSoer5eCeo8qlSfGAVaIEoN8 Fe4An0MqSsFZzoG1dR2+cp+BpuXS5jyP =ys6L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/n6a2OkkrNm05CsiXs+UZabE--