Looking for 4 port SATA (non RAID) controller

[Tulio Guimarães da Silva]

Hi Vladimir,
   I (tried) to use some TX4 with 5.4 here at work, with no success. 
It´s said the lastest FBSD ata driver supports it, but then you´d have 
to get the driver sources, make a custom .iso or compile ata as a module 
(if possible) of the install CD and pray for it to work... well, I 
didn´t have the time to do it, so I can´t say if it´ll work. :P
  Even some Linux distros had some trouble recognizing the Promise 
(you´d have to pause the installation, load the precompiled module and 
again pray for the installer to accept the new peripherals). Actually, 
the only way I found to make it work with 5.4 was to install it under 
VMWare on w2k (doh). Obviously, it´s not a production environment nor 
machine, and surely NOT an option if you need performance.
  Also, if you´re looking for S-ATA only, not RAID, you can go to other 
(and cheaper) cards. Highpoint is well known to support FreeBSD (not 
that *wonderful* support, but far better than many others, and it´s 
official) for some controllers; take a look at their site and see what 
you´ll find. ;) I only found a 2-ch controller: 
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/r1520.htm
  Good luck! :)

Tulio G. Silva

Vladimir Konrad wrote:

>I am looking for a 4 port SATA PCI card which works with FreeBSD (5.4).
>I am planning to do the RAID in software.
>
>Do Promise TX4 cards work?
>
>Also I was considering getting two Adaptec 1210SA cards (cheaper than
>getting the 4 port RAID from them). Does this one work?
>
>I searched the archives and googled, but could not find confirmation on
>this.
>
>I would consider any other 4 port non RAID SATA PCI cards which can be
>bought in UK and work well in FreeBSD.
>
>Vladimir
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