max sata connections

[randall <randall@songshu.org>]

hi all,

i'm fairly unexperienced when it comes to "rackmountable hardware" but i 
was looking at the cheapest way too get as much terrabytes as possible 
in a single system.

my eye fell on the Chenbro RM23212 which is a 2u enclosure that fits 12x 
3.5 disks and i obviously want to squeeze 12x 1 or 2 terrabyte disks in 
there.

i figured that would be the most space/gigabyte solution at an 
affordable rate, however, when looking for a matching mobo i can not any 
with more then 10x sataII connections.

i think this could be solved using sata multipliers but i do not have 
any experience with these and there seem to be mixed feelings about 
there reliability as far as i can tell from a quick google.

anybody has any experience/recommendation on this?

much obliged,

Randall