[mythtv-users] 8 Port SATA PCIx card

Krzysztof Adamski k at adamski.org
Tue Jul 21 13:14:20 UTC 2009


> Hi
>
> 2009/7/20 Krzysztof Adamski <k at adamski.org>:
>> With six SATA ports on the motherboard, I need extra 14 ports. The
>> SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 card would be a good fit (times 2), but it does
>> not look like it works well with open source drivers (I use Debian).
>> As an alternative I'm looking at Areca ARC-1300IX-16
>>
>> http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=37131&vpn=ARC-1300ix-16&manufacture=Areca
>>
>> but it is double the price.
>
> Being in a similar situation as yours, I looked around and found the
> RocketRaid 2320 cards .. It's almost the same price as your SATA only
> card , and seems well supported (drivers for Windows, MacOS, Linux,
> FreeBSD ...)..

The RocketRaid 2320 is a 8 port card (C$300) and the Areca ARC-1300IX-16
is a 16 port card (C$380), no contest in price since I want 14 ports.

> Now, as I aim to use software RAID (using ZFS-X) , I wonder what's
> going to give me better performance: 2x 4 ports SATA cards, or 1 x 8
> ports SATA. Sure, on paper it is the same, but I was wondering how
> well those cards handle parallel access ...

This is the only reason to get the lower port density card.

K


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