Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 01:03:16 +0100 From: Daan Vreeken <Daan@vehosting.nl> To: Christopher Key <cjk32@cam.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Port Multipliers in FreeBSD (6.3) Message-ID: <200903060103.16752.Daan@vehosting.nl> In-Reply-To: <49AFE0DF.9000003@cam.ac.uk> References: <49AFE0DF.9000003@cam.ac.uk>
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Hi Christopher, On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:25:35 Christopher Key wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking to substantially expand the storage on my FreeBSD 6.3 home > media server. With regards hardware, the simplest way to attach large > numbers of drives seem to be to use SATA port multipliers, but I've been > unable to find any consensus on their level of support in FreeBSD. I'm > currently looking at a RocketRAID 2314 and SiI3726 based port > multipliers. Has any had any experience with this combination? The Sil3726 works very well if you run a recent enough version of FreeBSD. = We=20 use the device in a custom storage appliance. I don't know the RocketRAID=20 2314 though. You need a SATA 2.0 controller for Port Multipliers to work. =46reeBSD has (experimental) support for Port Multipliers since the followi= ng=20 commit : On Thursday 10 April 2008 15:05:05 S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: > sos 2008-04-10 13:05:05 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository =2E.. > Log: > Add experimental support for SATA Port Multipliers > > Support is working on the Silicon Image SiI3124/3132. > Support is working on some AHCI chips but far from all. > > Remember this is WIP, so test reports and (constructive) suggestions are > welcome! Regards, =2D-=20 Daan Vreeken VEHosting http://VEHosting.nl tel: +31-(0)40-7113050 / +31-(0)6-46210825 KvK nr: 17174380
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