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 1MgP9y-0003fM-Fz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:31:58 +0000 Received: by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 207) id 4D49BE0478; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:11:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 98323E05F9; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.limuru.com (mail.limuru.com [66.18.200.72]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBB4E05F9 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.limuru.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607766FDA5 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:41:14 -0600 (MDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at limuru.com Received: from mail.limuru.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.limuru.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id A8o4m3KFq2zj for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:41:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.limuru.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 771AFAACB for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:41:03 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4A955718.40500@limuru.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:39:04 -0600 From: Anthony Mutiso User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090724) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Port Multiplier Support References: <470032.71964.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20090826161308.1ea53c02@coercion> In-Reply-To: <20090826161308.1ea53c02@coercion> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020903090402080500010204" X-Archives-Salt: 2369793f-7c46-41ed-884e-aafc9e1464be X-Archives-Hash: a1985435808c072f3828865d32e9723d This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020903090402080500010204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wikipedia 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 wrote: > > =20 >> 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 on= ly 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 increa= se slightly more than that. to a total of 8. >> >> I have come across Sata Port Multiplying before and saw the support wa= s 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 indicat= e some level of success failure? (it is =C2=A350 so i dont want to buy it= unless there is a reasonable chance of success! >> =20 > > 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 --------------020903090402080500010204 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wikipedia 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 po=
rt - 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 l=
ooking to increase slightly more than that. to a total of 8.

I have come across Sata Port Multiplying before and saw the support was a=
bit 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 s=
ome level of success failure? (it is =C2=A350 so i dont want to buy it un=
less 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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