SATA Port Multipliers in FreeBSD (6.3)

[Elliot Finley]

Christopher Key wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking to substantially expand the storage on my FreeBSD 6.3 home 
> media server.  With regards hardware, the simplest way to attach large 
> numbers of drives seem to be to use SATA port multipliers, but I've been 
> unable to find any consensus on their level of support in FreeBSD.  I'm 
> currently looking at a RocketRAID 2314 and SiI3726 based port 
> multipliers.  Has any had any experience with this combination?

Why not just upgrade to 7-Stable and then use these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009

they cost less than port multipliers.  They don't do RAID, but then if 
you're on 7-Stable, you can use ZFS zraid.

Elliot