There are lots of choices where the info in directed at Windows users, but precious info available if you want to be sure the card will work on Linux.
>From Amazon, i tried the HighPoint 640L because I know someone who had a good experience. Mine was not so much. I've tried two of the cards but got connected to my drives only briefly once. I have no idea why. Now I'm looking for a solution that will let me connect to my 4TB SATA-3 drives internally, without paying more for it than I paid for the mainboard. Details: - running Xubuntui 14.04 - I have PCIe x1 and x16 slots available - I even have an old PCI slot available, but it may be too slow. - using mdadm, I have no interest in RAID capabilities, just JBOD. - The drives are internal, it would be awkward to set them up otherwise. - I need to connect 2 drives, may want 2 more later, but it can wait. - Drives are 4TB SATA 3 with GPT partitions - I can set the mainboard to use AHCI or IDE compatibility - there is not trace of Windows, so it needs to be configurable with just Linux. Mainboard had 6 ports available, but it appears that my fooling with things broke a pair of them. That's why I need the replacement. -- Kevin O'Gorman #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ Please consider the environment before printing this email.
