[bulug] Re: PCI controller for SATA
- From: Ryan Mullen <rmullen@xxxxxx>
- To: bulug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:59:56 -0500 (EST)
Hello,
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, tt@xxxxxx wrote:
I have a dozen of 5-year old P4's with much DDR memory etc, and I would like
to keep some alive by providing them with SATA hard-disk drives. What is a
good PCI (traditional, not Express) Linux-friendly card that will control a
couple of SATA HDD? For my purposes, even SATA I would do, though of course
I'd prefer SATA II.
I've had good luck with the four-port Promise SATA300 TX4 unit
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102062) as well
as the 8-port Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 (this is PCI-X but is backwards
compatible, or at least is on my machine)
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009).
These are the two I've had personal experience with and they both have
in-kernel support.
I have a friend who I /think/ used this two-port cheapo card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132006 and I
/think/ he said it had in-kernel support. This is probably the cheapest
option you have unless you buy used.
Hope this helps,
Ryan
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