Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751336AbWAaSk7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:40:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751338AbWAaSk7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:40:59 -0500 Received: from twin.uoregon.edu ([128.223.214.27]:26069 "EHLO twin.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751336AbWAaSk6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:40:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:40:27 -0800 (PST) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: joelja@twin.uoregon.edu To: Lennart Sorensen cc: Sander , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? In-Reply-To: <20060131183013.GH18970@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: References: <20060131115343.GA2580@favonius> <20060131163928.GE18972@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20060131171723.GA6178@favonius> <20060131183013.GH18970@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1810 Lines: 48 On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > 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? about $1400 for pci-x or $1900 pci-express. you might try the promise sataII-150 sx8 which is 8 ports per card and is about $200 > I haven't looked at the prices lately. The jump to a full-on sata raid controller is pretty steep. > Len Sorensen > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/