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Re: PCI Express 2.0 SATA 3 host bus adapter



On Tue, 09 Jul 2013, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 7/7/2013 12:55 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a PCI Express 2.0 SATA 3 host bus adapter with good
> > FOSS licensing/ documentation/ support?  I'm looking for at least two
> > SATA 3 ports; four ports would be ideal.  I don't need RAID.
> 
> x1, x4, or x8 slot width?  Price range?  Expected performance level?
> Workstation or dedicated server?

Also, keep clear of anything that has straps (jumper blocks) to select
internal/external ports (*even if said jumper blocks are not installed in
the printed circuit board*).  They cause violations of SATA3 phy (electrical
signaling) parameters, any board that does this is crap.  And "crap" pretty
much describes 90% of the "generic" SATA3 HBAs, unfortunately.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


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