From: Anthony Mutiso <anm.mlist01@limuru.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:39:04 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A955718.40500@limuru.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090826161308.1ea53c02@coercion>
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Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_multiplier> says that after
3 disks you start to saturate the controller.
Mike Kazantsev wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:54 -0700 (PDT)
> Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@yahoo.com> 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 sata 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 slightly more than that. to a total of 8.
>>
>> I have come across Sata Port Multiplying before and saw the support was abit weak. I have come back to it again.
>>
>> i am lookin at this bad boy.
>>
>> [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
>>
>> Can anyone advise if they have any experience in this area? Or indicate some level of success failure? (it is £50 so i dont want to buy it unless 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.
>
>
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2009-08-25 9:15 [gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support Jon Hardcastle
2009-08-26 10:13 ` Mike Kazantsev
2009-08-26 15:39 ` Anthony Mutiso [this message]
2009-08-26 16:24 ` Mike Kazantsev
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