Tim Cook <t...@cook.ms> writes: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > >> "Eric D. Mudama" <edmud...@bounceswoosh.org> writes: >> >> > On Thu, Apr 15 at 23:57, Günther wrote: >> >>hello >> >> >> >>if you are looking for pci-e (8x), i would recommend sas/sata controller >> >>with lsi 1068E sas chip. they are nearly perfect with opensolaris. >> > >> > For just a bit more, you can get the LSI SAS 9211-9i card which is >> > 6Gbit/s. It works fine for us, and does JBOD no problem. >> >> I can't resist getting in a similar questions here. Its not so easy >> to really get good info about this subject... there is a lot of info >> on the subject but when you remove all pci-e info .. maybe not so >> much. >> >> I will be needing a 4 or more port PCI sata controller soon and would >> like to get one that can make use of the newest sata (alleged) 3GB >> transfer rates. >> >> It's older base hardware... athlon64 3400+ 2.2 ghz 3GB Ram >> With A-open AK86-L Motherboard. >> >> So what do any of you know about a PCI card that fills the bill? >> >> >> > If you're talking about standard PCI, and not PCI-e or PCI-X, there's no > reason to try to get a faster controller. A standard PCI slot can't even > max out the first revision of SATA.
Ahh good to know. So will sata2 drives have any trouble with a plain pci sata controller. I have no option for pci-e or whatever. just PCI. And I need at least a 4 port, whether its faster or not. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
