Date: 12 Feb 2003 18:50:01 +0100 From: Jukka Simila <home@jukkis.net> To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial ATA Message-ID: <1045072200.621.14.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3E4A7951.4020607@mitre.org> References: <3E4A7951.4020607@mitre.org>
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On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 17:41, Jason Andresen wrote: > Hello, > Does anybody know if any Serial ATA cards are supported in FreeBSD? In > particular, is the 4 port Promise SATA150 TX4 supported? > > I don't see anything in the hardware list, but has anybody had any luck > with these cards? > > My thought on this matter was to avoid the PCI interrupt issues by just > using one of those somewhat inexpensive Serial ATA cards with 4+ ports > and Serial->Parallel ATA converters on the HDDs (which aren't as > inexpensive as I'd like but still within reason). Apparently nobody > makes an affordable 4 port Parallel ATA controller, they're all pricy > RAID solutions. Dont know about SATA150, but: If Promise SX6000 is out of question, then what about Highpoint RocketRaid 404? That has HPT374 chip, and at least hardware notes say HPT374 works. In sweden, RocketRaid 404 =~ EUR 130, Promise SATA 150 =~ EUR 95. I'm sure the cost of 4 adapters would fill that gap? (i didn't check the exact exchange rates at the moment but you see the approximate..) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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