On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 12:43:39PM +0300, Imre Oolberg wrote: > Hallo! > > I am choosing (probably from ebay) a sata adapter to connect four newer > generation sata disks to little older computer (ibm x200, with 32bit pci > slots) to make myself an home-made storage for home use backup. I have > not yet decided whether to use for it openbsd or debian. People > recommended sil3124 chip based sata controllers for linux which come > also with 32bit pci 4 sata port flavors. > > I checked > > http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware > > and saw there that the following silicon images are supported > > Silicon Image SiI3112 (including ATI IXP SATA), SiI3512, SiI3114 > > but to make sure i would like to ask if this sil3124 chip is also > working under openbsd now or maybe some near time in the future? Or what > model is so to say classic openbsd sata controller which is also sold > nowdays? > > And if somebody shares from their experience how reasonable is to put > together PIII generation 32bit pci computer from year of 2002 with new > sata controller and new harddisks. And how much it practically makes > difference to distribute four disks between one such four port sata > controller or two two port sata controllers in terms of performance? > > At the moment i am thinking of backup solution but if it is performing > very well then i expect to use the same solution for nfs file server > also, though it needs a second thought how much to separate the two. > > > Best regards > Imre > > PS I intend to use those sata controllers only as sata controllers and > use software raid, e.g. not their on-chip raid features. >
Your chipset should be supported by the sili(4) driver: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
