Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:51:23 +0400 From: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inexpensive PCI SATA, anyone? Message-ID: <53CFE80B.20609@webmail.sub.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAA3ZYrCBphUt-7p9E8A2fQyFaCJpiex48_Cqw%2Bue4JgQac_qLw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA3ZYrCBphUt-7p9E8A2fQyFaCJpiex48_Cqw%2Bue4JgQac_qLw@mail.gmail.com>
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Okay, seems to be reasonable Any good/bad words on Marvell 88SE9230 chipset? I can buy a card with 2 SATA + 2 mSATA, excellent for ZFS cache, but maybe anyone has any experience with the chip? Card is Espada < FG-EST14A-1-BU01 > (ОЕМ) or Espada < FG-EST11B-1-CT01 > On 22.07.2014 5:34, Dieter BSD wrote: >> I'm quite content with all other parts of the box, but controller is >> VERY slow. >> >> Can anyone recommend me inexpensive and reasonably fast PCI SATA with >> 2-4 ports? >> According to dmidecode, the box has PCI-E slot, x4 PCI Express, long. > Note that "PCI" and "PCI Express" are different. > > JMicron JMB363 chipset: NCQ SATA-300 PATA-133 hotplug port multiplier > 2 SATA ports + 1 PATA channel > works on FreeBSD, ahci(4) driver, NCQ works, port multiplier works, PATA works > needs PCIe-x1 slot > > Silicon Image 3132 chipset: NCQ SATA-300 hotplug port multiplier > 2 SATA ports > works on FreeBSD, siis(4) driver, NCQ works, port multiplier works > needs PCIe-x1 slot > > Some cards with a single 363 or 3132 chip claim "4 ports", but mean 2 ports > with 4 connectors (2 internal and 2 external). You set jumpers to > select which connectors are active. > > Silicon Image 3124 chipset: 4 ports (4 real ports) > There are at least two types of cards with 3124: > (1) needs PCI-X slot (wide PCI slot, not to be confused with PCI-Express) > or (2) needs PCIe-x1 slot (PCI-Express) > > A PCIe-x1 card should work fine in a PCI-x4 slot. > > 363 is a tad faster than 3132. However 363 has problems with some disks > that 3132 works fine with. 3124 is said to be faster than 3132. > None of these are blindingly fast by 2014 standards. Neither 363 nor > 3132 can saturate PCIe-x1 bandwidth. I would hope that 3124 can? > > There is also a EX-3508 card. 8 ports, PCIe-x1, no raid, sil3132 > 8 ports would need either 4 3232 chips or a port multiplier. > Photo at www.exsys.ch but I can't make out the chip numbers > and I don't see 4 chips that are the same size. Sellers appear > to all be in Europe, I didn't find any sellers in USA. (I wasn't > looking for sellers in Russia.) Anyone know anything about this > card? (or similar cards?) > > The 3132 and 3124 are second generation chips. Note that the first > generation Silicon Image chips are very very slow, and as far as I know, > FreeBSD still doesn't support them properly. (They work fine on NetBSD. > Very slow, but at least they work correctly there.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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