Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-05 Thread David Christensen
On 01/05/2016 03:03 PM, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:17:27PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: My goal is to use a current SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) SSD as the system drive in older computers that have SATA 2.0 (3 Gbps) ports and PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion slot(s). SATA 3.0 is

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:17:27PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > My goal is to use a current SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) SSD as the system drive in > older computers that have SATA 2.0 (3 Gbps) ports and PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion > slot(s). SATA 3.0 is backwards-compatible; you can just use the SATA 2.0

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread David Christensen
On 01/04/2016 09:24 PM, John Mok wrote: LSI HBA is my friend. What is model number? David

Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I'm looking for a Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter with 2 (or more) internal SATA 6 Gbps ports. Does anybody have any comments or recommendations for currently available products? David

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread John Mok
LSI HBA is my friend. On Jan 5, 2016 1:10 PM, "David Christensen" wrote: > debian-user: > > I'm looking for a Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter with > 2 (or more) internal SATA 6 Gbps ports. Does anybody have any comments or > recommendations for

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread David Christensen
On 01/04/2016 09:36 PM, Brandon Vincent wrote: If you want a high end card, go with LSI. If you're looking for something at a consumer price point, any card from StarTech is a good starting point. Most of these cards use AHCI compatible Marvell chipsets and have driver support built into the

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:17 PM, David Christensen wrote: > How about the StarTech PEXSAT32? Should work without a problem. That particular chipset is very widely used and has been for a while. Brandon Vincent

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:09 PM, David Christensen wrote: > I'm looking for a Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter with 2 > (or more) internal SATA 6 Gbps ports. Does anybody have any comments or > recommendations for currently available products? If you

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread David Christensen
On 01/04/2016 10:08 PM, John Mok wrote: LSI MegaRAID SAS9260 That's PCIe 2.0 x8. I need x1. David

Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps

2016-01-04 Thread Petter Adsen
On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 22:17:27 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > On 01/04/2016 09:36 PM, Brandon Vincent wrote: > > If you want a high end card, go with LSI. If you're looking for > > something at a consumer price point, any card from StarTech is a > > good starting point.