Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:44:28 -0500
To: Sander <sander@humilis.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> Not sure about the two port, but for example the SX8 is 180 dollars at
> pricewatch.com, while an Areca 12-port starts at 756 dollars. That is
> 22.5 dollars per port vs 63 dollars per port. More or less the same goes
> for 3Ware.

Hmm, well the 24 port is listed at 1278, so less per port than the 12
port for sure, but if you only need 8, then well... :)

Of course I doubt there is that big a market for an 8 port NON raid
card, which might explain why there doesn't seem to be any.  Of course
if there aren't any it is hard to have a market exist for them.

> Of course you can't compare Areca/3Ware with the SX8 feature-wise, but
> all I need JBOD.

Well personally I have never seen more than 4 ports per card on a non
hardware raid card.  That doesn't mean they don't exist, but it makes it
a lot less likely that they exist in my book. :)

Len Sorensen
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