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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Roy Wright <roy@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I'm looking to add three more drives to my system for a software RAID5 |
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> media volume. I've used all my motherboard SATA ports so need a SATA |
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> controller. I don't want a hardware RAID controller (been there, burned |
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> when controller died). 4 SATA2 ports is the minimum required. I have |
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> both PCIe and PCI slots available. I do not need high performance as |
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> the RAID will just contain media files for access in my home. I would |
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> prefer a controller supported by normal kernel drivers. My preference |
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> is to keep costs down (3 x 1 TB drives are costly enough :). |
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> Any recommendations? |
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> FYI, system is gentoo ~x86, Intel Q9300, Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6. |
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> I just added 2 e-SATA controllers to my systems, 1 Gentoo at home and 1 |
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FC7 |
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at work. They're Silicon Image 3124, and work with PCI or PCIX (not PCIe), |
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which |
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is good because the Gentoo is PCIX, but the FC system is original PCI. |
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In both cases, normal kernel drivers were fine. Just make sure your kernel |
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has |
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CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE=m or y |
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Frankly, I bought on price also, and wanted external drives. |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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