Re: [Discuss] Many SATA drives

2012-04-02 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
On 4/1/2012 10:06 PM, Tom Metro wrote: Daniel Feenberg wrote: Is there a way to get a non-RAID SATA controller with 4 or more ports... Isn't this a commodity with hundreds to choose from? I've used several of these: Rosewill RC-209 PCI SATA Controller Card

Re: [Discuss] Many SATA drives

2012-04-02 Thread Ward Vandewege
Hi Daniel, On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 06:34:42PM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: We would like to build a computer with many SATA drives, but NOT use a hardware RAID controller (because we want to be able to move individual drives to another system, connect them to a motherboard SATA port, and

[Discuss] Many SATA drives

2012-04-01 Thread Daniel Feenberg
We would like to build a computer with many SATA drives, but NOT use a hardware RAID controller (because we want to be able to move individual drives to another system, connect them to a motherboard SATA port, and have the original data available). Is there a way to get a non-RAID SATA

Re: [Discuss] Many SATA drives

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Pieri
Look for JBOD as a configuration option. LSI HBAs should have a JBOD option. It might not be set properly which may be the cause of your experience. I have a single Adaptec HBA in production. It's well-supported in the Linux kernel and the disks on it have been just peachy. -- Rich P.

Re: [Discuss] Many SATA drives

2012-04-01 Thread Tom Metro
Daniel Feenberg wrote: Is there a way to get a non-RAID SATA controller with 4 or more ports... Isn't this a commodity with hundreds to choose from? I've used several of these: Rosewill RC-209 PCI SATA Controller Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132006 4-port