Am 01.06.2011 10:07, schrieb Jeremy Chadwick: > Sadly I don't have a recommendation for you, since you effectively want > a 6-port SATA300 controller that's reliable, you're almost certainly > going to be paying Big Bucks(tm) given the number of ports and your > requirement that it be PCIe-based. You state quite boldly "not wanting > to break the bank", but what you're asking for almost certainly WILL > break the bank. > > For example, an "affordable" controller might be one driven by Silicon > Image's SiI3124 chip -- four (4) SATA300 ports, but it's only hooked to > PCI or PCI-X, not PCIe, which means you're susceptible to a much more > severe bus bottleneck than with PCIe: > > http://www.siliconimage.com/products/family.aspx?id=3
FYI: There is at least one PCIe card with Sil3124 (with PCIe to PCI-X bridge on the controller card): http://www.leaf-computer.com/#24e Price is 69 Euro plus 5 Euro shipping to Europe or North America (i.e. some US$110 total). Regards, STefan _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"