>>>>> "mk" == Mikael Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mk> Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work
mk> good?
In Solaris, I believe Sil3124 has a SATA framework driver while
SIL3114 is the old IDE framework.
There is more than one version of the 3124, but I've not heard errata
about either version.
There are some Sil PCIe cards out there. The 2-port ones are a native
PCIe chip, but the 4-port ones seem to be a PCIe-to-PCIX bridge plus a
Sil3124.
For the capability/merit of each chip, the Linux drivers seem to be a
lot more mature, in terms of being bug-free and of supporting NCQ,
port multipliers, and hotswap, so this list might give you some idea
of each chip's merit:
http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SATA_hardware_features
What you really want to know though is which SATA chips work well
under Solaris. There's no good answer IMHO. The obvious approach is
to buy the same chips that Sun puts into the hardware they support
under contract, but that's worked poorly for some people on the list.
I think you should search the archives for works-for-me reports
yourself---I could tell you what I'd buy if I were going to buy
something, but that's worth even less than someone saying ``works
here'' because I haven't bought it. I gave up on the whole mess, let
Linux handle the SATA and export iSCSI targets. Maybe running Solaris
as a domU under Linux would be faster and still give you access to
working free-software SATA drivers.
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