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Hey, |
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In the next month or so I wish/need to make some storage modifications, I'm |
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running out of space, quickly. |
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Currently it's a horrible hodge podge of 2 RAID5s in one VG, and 1 RAID10 in |
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another VG. 1 of 3 is PATA other 2 SATA (RAID5), 5 of 5 SATA (RAID5), and 4 |
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of 4 PATA (RAID10), 1 of 1 PATA (boot and OS). Spread over the on-board PATA |
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controller, a PCI 2 port PATA (for the 4 drives in RAID10), and an 8 port |
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marvell SATA card (which doesn't have a usable driver I can find after |
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2.6.13). |
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That lot in a very old globalwin 302 (??) midi tower. |
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Yes, it's *hot*. |
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I already know I'm going for a Antec P180, so I'm limited to a maximum of 10 |
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drives, one boot disk, and a CD (something I'm missing now). |
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320GB drives are the best £/GB at the moment, even if they only give 298GB |
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usable space. |
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10 x 298GB / RAID6 == just under twice what I've got already, and more |
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redundancy. |
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So, the point in my post. I need a 12 port SATA card that works properly with |
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open-source drivers (preferable in kernel). |
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Cost isn't the primary concern, even if this is only for home use. |
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I don't need, or in fact want, on-board RAID, software RAID is better in my |
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opinion. |
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3x 4 ports is an option, at a push. I'd rather not lose the gigabit nic |
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though. |
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I see that 3ware do a 12 port card, but it's over 500 quid! Cost may not be |
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the primary concern, but 500 quid is still 500 quid! |
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Anyone with any experience? |
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Ta |
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Mike Williams |
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