Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-28 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2011-Jul-28 17:57:52 +1000, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >On 28/07/2011, at 2:55 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> I can find you examples on Google of people who invested in Areca >> ARC-1220 cards (PCIe x8) only to find out that when inserted into one of >> their two PCIe x16 slots the mainboard wouldn't

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-28 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
Hi, On 28/07/2011, at 2:55 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> [ … ] >> Perhaps I'm being thick, but this says "a 16x slot on this board does not >> support a display card" not "a 16x slot on this board only supports a >> display card." >> >> The examples you cite only support the "vice-versa" part o

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-27 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
On 27/07/2011, at 8:12 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:38:36AM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Jeremy Chadwick >> wrote: >>> >>> And before someone asks: in most cases you *cannot* use this card in a >>> PCIe x16 connector on a motherboard. ??

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-27 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 02:31:20AM +1000, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > On 27/07/2011, at 8:12 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:38:36AM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Jeremy Chadwick > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> And before someone asks: in most case

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-27 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:38:36AM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Jeremy Chadwick > wrote: > > > > And before someone asks: in most cases you *cannot* use this card in a > > PCIe x16 connector on a motherboard. ??Most generic motherboard > > manufacturers at this point

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-27 Thread Pete French
> Jeremy may not have seen PCI express x16 HBAs working on consumer > boards, but I have, plenty of times. Ditto. Indeed, I wasn't aware you could do anything to a PCIe slot to prevent it working. Have seen motherboards which wont *boot* from an HBA in a PCIe slot, but never one which couldnt use

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Evans
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > And before someone asks: in most cases you *cannot* use this card in a > PCIe x16 connector on a motherboard.  Most generic motherboard > manufacturers at this point have special one-offs that assume their PCIe > x16 slots are for video

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-26 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:42:07PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > > >

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-26 Thread Leon Meßner
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:09:25PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > > > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i > >

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-26 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i > > PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8 > SAS/SATA ports. Suppor

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-25 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 23:28:08 +0200, Leon Me?ner wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:42:07PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > > > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > >

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-25 Thread Leon Meßner
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:42:07PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > > >

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-25 Thread Freddie Cash
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8

Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-25 Thread Alexander Motin
On 25.07.2011 12:34, Kurt Jaeger wrote: What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? If you need exactly SATA, not SAS 6g controller, then choice is not so big: either something integrated into latest Intel

SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

2011-07-25 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? Thanks! -- p...@opsec.eu+49 171 3101372 9 years to go ! ___ freebsd-stable