Re: SATA PCI

[Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk>]

Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 09:11 +0800, Bob wrote:
> > Get one based on the Sil 3124-2 for Sata II, it's not supported by older 
> > kernels and the driver hasn't been backported to 2.4 yet but it's an 
> > open documented design an it's good to buy from manufacturers that help OS.
> >
> > You may be unable to find one that isn't PCI-X, but don't worry, I run 
> > one in a standard pci slot, also it supports FIS-based switching so you 
> > can expand it with port multipliers to control 20 drives.
>
> Do you have a link for your card?
>
> Thanks
> Hans

Sorry delay RL.
http://www.stardom.com.tw/others%20satacard.htm
4 port PCI-X

http://www.sata-io.org/portmultiplier.asp
http://www.cooldrives.com/silicon-image-port-multiplier-sil-3726.html
http://www.siliconimage.com/news/press/detailpressrelease.aspx?id=197

Good luck.