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From: Sander <sander@humilis.net>
To: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: Sander <sander@humilis.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:17:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060131171723.GA6178@favonius> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060131163928.GE18972@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

Lennart Sorensen wrote (ao):
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 12:53:43PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> > I'm looking for an 8-port SATA controller based on the AHCI chipset, as
> > according to http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#vendor_support
> > this chipset is completely open.
> 
> Hmm, I am not sure what the specs of AHCI are. Not sure if it supports
> 2 or 4 or more ports.

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.

For example, Silicon Image 3124 also looks good on paper, but only
supports up to 4 ports.

> The only controllers I have seen that run more than 4 ports, are some
> raid cards, such as 3ware and areca. 3ware has had linux support for
> years, and areca is getting there. Both of those make 12+ port cards,
> which can run in JBOD mode.

Yeah, I know, but because of their real 'hardware' raid, these cards are
three times more expensive per port. And I just need JBOD.

Thanks for your time. Kind regards, Sander

-- 
Humilis IT Services and Solutions
http://www.humilis.net

  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-31 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-31 11:53 [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? Sander
2006-01-31 16:39 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 17:17   ` Sander [this message]
2006-01-31 18:30     ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:39       ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:44         ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:50           ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:58             ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 20:48               ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:15                 ` Sander
2006-02-01 14:53                   ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:03               ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:40       ` Joel Jaeggli
2006-01-31 18:51         ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:19 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 18:56   ` Sander
2006-01-31 19:02     ` Joshua Kugler
2006-02-01 10:18       ` Sander
2006-01-31 20:38     ` Jens Axboe
2006-01-31 20:48       ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 20:59         ` Jens Axboe
2006-01-31 21:31           ` Joshua Kugler
2006-02-01 16:13   ` Bill Davidsen
2006-02-01 19:15     ` Joshua Kugler

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