[OpenIndiana-discuss] sata port multiplier?

[Matt Connolly]

On 26/05/2011, at 3:26 AM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
> On 05/25/2011 01:13 PM, Gary Driggs wrote:
>> On May 25, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Ray Arachelian <ray at arachelian.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I suppose I could give up one of the rpool drives and put it in an USB
>>> enclosure instead.  I guess it'll be an interesting tradeoff.
>>> 
>> You might also see if your motherboard has an internal USB port and use a small, fast flash drive instead. Just make sure you get one that's somewhat fast unless you don't mind the long reboot time. Since these change every week, check on of the review aggregate sites that will let you sort by speed; http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-3233_7-0.html?sa=502910
>> 
>> 
> 
> Actually this is a D510MO motherboard which has a mini-PCIe slot for
> which there exist not too expensive mini PCIe SSD drives.  I had
> forgotten about that slot and hadn't realized that there were such
> things as PCI SSDs out there. D'oh!

Sounds like an almost identical setup to what I have. Although I'm using a Si3114 card. I have AHCI enabled in the bios, so my drivers are:

Silicon Image si3114 = pci-ide
Intel SATA Controller = ahci.

And, if you do find a miniPCIe SSD, please do share, I'd be interested in this too.


Thanks,
Matt