Hey, In the next month or so I wish/need to make some storage modifications, I'm running out of space, quickly. Currently it's a horrible hodge podge of 2 RAID5s in one VG, and 1 RAID10 in another VG. 1 of 3 is PATA other 2 SATA (RAID5), 5 of 5 SATA (RAID5), and 4 of 4 PATA (RAID10), 1 of 1 PATA (boot and OS). Spread over the on-board PATA controller, a PCI 2 port PATA (for the 4 drives in RAID10), and an 8 port marvell SATA card (which doesn't have a usable driver I can find after 2.6.13). That lot in a very old globalwin 302 (??) midi tower. Yes, it's *hot*.
I already know I'm going for a Antec P180, so I'm limited to a maximum of 10 drives, one boot disk, and a CD (something I'm missing now). 320GB drives are the best £/GB at the moment, even if they only give 298GB usable space. 10 x 298GB / RAID6 == just under twice what I've got already, and more redundancy. So, the point in my post. I need a 12 port SATA card that works properly with open-source drivers (preferable in kernel). Cost isn't the primary concern, even if this is only for home use. I don't need, or in fact want, on-board RAID, software RAID is better in my opinion. 3x 4 ports is an option, at a push. I'd rather not lose the gigabit nic though. I see that 3ware do a 12 port card, but it's over 500 quid! Cost may not be the primary concern, but 500 quid is still 500 quid! Anyone with any experience? Ta -- Mike Williams -- [email protected] mailing list
