On 17/06/2008, James Dinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 3:03 PM, David Abrahams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to expand the internal disk capacity on my server, and all my > mobo's 4 > > SATA ports are occupied. Can anyone recommend an SATA card that will work > well > > with Ubuntu? > > > > > The controller is going to be the issue here. Any brands of cards > that use the same controller are going to be equally supported. You > could check what controller is on your motherboard and try to get a > card with that same controller. However, the Promise SATA controller > is very popular and I *believe* is well supported in linux. > > > James
Hey, James is right, the controller is the important part to consider here for compatability. If you are only after sata ports and not hardware raid then I'd suggest the Silicon Image SiL3114/3124 chipset cards (SATA I/II, four ports). They're supported natively by the kernel, so no third party drivers needed and I've seen them around for ~US$30/$60 on ebay. The main drawback of pci sata is IIRC the maximum bandwidth of the pci bus is roughly 80 MiB/s. If you're after hardware raid but haven't yet done your research I'd suggest reading the through adaptec's storage advisor[2] pages, they focus on the tech rather than adaptec specifics which is handy. cheers, Owen. Footnotes: -- [1] http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
