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Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_multiplier> says that after |
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3 disks you start to saturate the controller. |
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Mike Kazantsev wrote: |
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> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:54 -0700 (PDT) |
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> Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I am looking at ways to increase the drive capacity of my machine. It has 4 in built sata ports, and currently 2 off the PCI port - which is only sata 150 - this has proved a troublesome route. I have the option of a 2 port sata-300 off the 1 pci-express I have but I was looking to increase slightly more than that. to a total of 8. |
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>> I have come across Sata Port Multiplying before and saw the support was abit weak. I have come back to it again. |
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>> i am lookin at this bad boy. |
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>> [Lycom ST-158 SATA II-3Gbps 1-To-5Ports H/W RAID Host Adapter] |
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>> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lycom-ST-158-SATA-II-3Gbps-1-To-5Ports-H-W-RAID-Host-Adapter |
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>> Can anyone advise if they have any experience in this area? Or indicate some level of success failure? (it is £50 so i dont want to buy it unless there is a reasonable chance of success! |
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> I believe this card should present all the disks connected to it as a |
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> single device (disk) to the controller it's 1-sata plugged in to, so |
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> there should be no problems with support as the whole thing is |
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> transparent to software. |
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> Alas, I've only heard of such devices, but never used one and I have no |
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> clue about the performance. |
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