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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any recommendations for PCI-X SATA cards?
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:22:49
Message-Id: 20120623222023.GH5083@crowfix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Any recommendations for PCI-X SATA cards? by Michael Mol
1 On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:05:30PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
2 > I have a couple "MV88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X Controller" devices I
3 > picked up from Newegg a couple years back. They work beautifully.
4 >
5 > They were marked as RAID cards, but it's software raid, and I only
6 > wanted them as AHCI SATA controllers anyhow. As it happens, they work
7 > in PCI slots as well as PCI-X slots.
8
9 Hmmm ... that's one I bookmarked, but I am curious how they claim 8
10 port when it only has three connectors? Newegg's pictures aren't
11 clear enough for me to figure that out. Is it two on the back and
12 three doublt-ports on the front? How well do they work? I suppose
13 must be good enough to recommend it :-) Do you actually have 8 drives
14 connected to one?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Any recommendations for PCI-X SATA cards? Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Any recommendations for PCI-X SATA cards? Alyf <alyf@××××.net>