Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:12:56 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and SATA Port Multipliers Message-ID: <4ADEA668.9000401@fragfest.com.au> In-Reply-To: <d2e731a10910202303n613d0a94gc3082a6b74729a5a@mail.gmail.com> References: <d2e731a10910202303n613d0a94gc3082a6b74729a5a@mail.gmail.com>
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FWIW you can buy the case and accessories for a very reasonable cost. just click further through the blog and they link the manufacturer. its extremely cheap 90tb of zfs.... Dean grarpamp wrote: > In the somewhat related dept... > > The SiI3124 and SiI3726 seem to be *really* > popular chipsets for low cost JBOD setups > so I'm sure any work done towards this > will be a win. The only other chip I see > a lot of is the Marvell 88SX6041 and 88SX6081. > Any others, particularly of the eight port > generic card variety or other multipliers??? > I'm not sure if JMicron ever got into the 4/8 port > game. > > A somewhat related diversion: > http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ > > And without the fab... you'd be amazed what a > bicycle inner tube, scrap pc case lids, tin snips, > hammer, anvil, drill bit, and a pop rivet tool will yield ;-) > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- http://fragfest.com.au
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