Add more HDDs to system based on ICH10R: PICe SATA controller vs SATA port muiltiplier

[Mickaël Maillot]

a card with LSI 1068 controler like:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS-L8i.cfm

90$ for 8 ports with verif good perf, but you need a pci-e 8x slot

2010/5/12 Lev Serebryakov <lev at freebsd.org>:
> Hello, Freebsd-hardware.
>
>   I  have hjome storage server, which is equipped with 6 HDDs (one with
> system and five for geom_raid5 in SuperMicro SATA hot-swap cage).
>  I need add more HDDs :)
>
>   What is better: PICe SATA controller or SATA port multiplier?
>
>   Is here SATA port multipliers for internal installation?
>
>   Which  PCIe  controllers  (pure  controllers,  I  don't  want  to pay
>  additional  money for soft-RAID and I don't have budget for true SATA
>  RAID) works best with FreeBSD?
>
>   Maybe,  here  is good-but-not-too-expensive hotswap cages with port
>  multipliers   (my   one  have  5  SATA  connectors on backplane for 5
>  HDDs)?
>
>
> --
> // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org>
>
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