On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy, > > I'm looking to add three more drives to my system for a software RAID5 > media volume. I've used all my motherboard SATA ports so need a SATA > controller. I don't want a hardware RAID controller (been there, burned > when controller died). 4 SATA2 ports is the minimum required. I have > both PCIe and PCI slots available. I do not need high performance as > the RAID will just contain media files for access in my home. I would > prefer a controller supported by normal kernel drivers. My preference > is to keep costs down (3 x 1 TB drives are costly enough :). > > Any recommendations? > > FYI, system is gentoo ~x86, Intel Q9300, Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6. > > I just added 2 e-SATA controllers to my systems, 1 Gentoo at home and 1 FC7 at work. They're Silicon Image 3124, and work with PCI or PCIX (not PCIe), which is good because the Gentoo is PCIX, but the FC system is original PCI. In both cases, normal kernel drivers were fine. Just make sure your kernel has CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE=m or y Frankly, I bought on price also, and wanted external drives. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
