Christopher Key wrote:
> 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 suppor
On Friday 06 March 2009 13:43:35 Christopher Key wrote:
> Daan Vreeken wrote:
> > Hi Christopher,
> >
> > On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:25:35 Christopher Key wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm looking to substantially expand the storage on my FreeBSD 6.3 home
> >> media server. With regards hardware,
Daan Vreeken wrote:
Hi Christopher,
On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:25:35 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 mu
Graeme Dargie wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Elliot Finley [mailto:efinleyw...@efinley.com]
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
Hi Christopher,
On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:25:35 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'
-Original Message-
From: Elliot Finley [mailto:efinleyw...@efinley.com]
Sent: 05 March 2009 17:57
To: Christopher Key
Cc: questi...@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: SATA Port Multipliers in FreeBSD (6.3)
Christopher Key wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking to substantially expand the
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.
or use geom based RAIDs and UFS
thanks for URL, anyway new m
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 s
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