Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:30:13 -0500
To: Sander <sander@humilis.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
Message-ID: <20060131183013.GH18970@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 06:17:23PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> According to page 7 of the 
> "Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface Revision 1.1"
> (available at http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/ahci.htm), AHCI
> supports up to 32 ports.

Hmm, that's a nice feature set.  Here is hoping everyone will consider
switching to that, and that no one screws it up and makes a mostly but
not quite compliant version.

> For example, Silicon Image 3124 also looks good on paper, but only
> supports up to 4 ports.
> 
> Yeah, I know, but because of their real 'hardware' raid, these cards are
> three times more expensive per port. And I just need JBOD.

Really?  How much does a 24 port areca card cost?  Is it 12 times the
cost of a two port promise card?

I haven't looked at the prices lately.

Len Sorensen
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