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 1Mh7a8-0001Qy-9s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:57:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0129E0882 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.169]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4140E05A9 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:15:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 73604 invoked by uid 60001); 25 Aug 2009 09:15:54 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1251191754; bh=nMhiq/zGx4g749N/Z876CQidp2AbTzxzjflapIIDaRU=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=C67DIankaCwP1q8xt+pumMWfJzXvB7KmcMHPp+H3+qlh4pbN2LGs6Naxbbo6Nn0T/bccg9dChFiBMBHjL4cKGQAKiENUVWxw8uXJFwhFCHfavRZEAzwSynTRaf56arToxEyjHavygvGSV3smnWfHu6RIaaHLeXrt7L96u5pLz3s= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=QBbFIzG9mdh8lgieiG3wH5kQqmlhqL5Abti0YTZ8qP1fx4qsIAY1l058ecmKRecuXTCosYpmvDUj5W33Pz7BiRIwDXVr4DMbJZ+HiwQe8vNJ6KDgfGlDNhCtWfQcY4XIsS87w2HDDFUDSmXVPDIu87oiiMQhT8uTfKE2XU6kFP8=; Message-ID: <470032.71964.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: PN4bvZUVM1kE7Pct40hbwaxf_.16HVRWVoOOQMr879mEJjRRTBbuWL0TwXaoWc2ISA8Sdfi3QzUJt79IuKJLQFDz2fjjJns_VXW_Qi1WhiQaKjOumpiq.sU38P8l5u3BgElREu03dwZpVJOQAeCahoHQMHqgWjlxv6lU56IQ.j6bZVFIPx5HcwUrHq3D2Y7qYSC16YNZTCuQdebrkEs8Cxo6o77hsxLoAof6CV04pcpdGeiVWnB4OmTskc3pPKxAYZhD8dMRXfbSVKeJVj4arqVKU4KHuju_xQFg8felgRVcLWQedX6K4kbr.iyiDS8l6QZzdlAwN5X6 Received: from [193.114.208.194] by web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:54 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.1.2 YahooMailWebService/0.7.338.2 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Hardcastle Subject: [gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 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: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 16b2fc4a-66c2-45cb-9856-33cf02ae4aee X-Archives-Hash: 7d50b72490436b72fd6f26cf23e84c38 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 sata= 150 - this has proved a troublesome route. I have the option of a 2 port s= ata-300 off the 1 pci-express I have but I was looking to increase slightly= more than that. to a total of 8.=0A=0AI have come across Sata Port Multipl= ying before and saw the support was abit weak. I have come back to it again= .=0A=0Ai am lookin at this bad boy.=0A=0A[Lycom ST-158 SATA II-3Gbps 1-To-5= Ports H/W RAID Host Adapter]=0Ahttp://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lycom-ST-158-= SATA-II-3Gbps-1-To-5Ports-H-W-RAID-Host-Adapter=0A=0ACan anyone advise if t= hey have any experience in this area? Or indicate some level of success fai= lure? (it is =A350 so i dont want to buy it unless there is a reasonable ch= ance of success!=0A=0Athank you in advance!=0A=0A-----------------------=0A= N: Jon Hardcastle=0AE: Jon@eHardcastle.com=0A'Do not worry about tomorrow, = for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.'=0A-----------------------=0A= =0A=0A