[OpenIndiana-discuss] A good and reliable SATA PCI interface for a Supermicro X7BSi MB and OI148?

[Dan Swartzendruber]

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From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk [mailto:roy at karlsbakk.net] 
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Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] A good and reliable SATA PCI interface
for a Supermicro X7BSi MB and OI148?

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> > 	interface for a Supermicro X7BSi MB and OI148?
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> >> Can anyone suggest a good and reliable eSATA PCI interface for a
> >> Supermicro X7BSi MB and OI148? Preferably 4 or 6 eSATA ports
> >>
> >> To be used in a RaidZ2 config with 8 or 10 2TB relatively cheap
> >> disks.
> >> 4 connected to the MB SATA II ports, and 4 or 6 on the external.
> > Any particular reason for not using SAS with this? LSI 1068 work
> > well and are affordable if not cheap. They only support 3Gbps SAS,
> > but then, you probably won't need more. The LSI 1068E has external
> > connectors.

> An LSI 1068 is a chip, not a PCI card.

Sure, but there are several cheap boards using it.

Btw, are you sure you want a PCI card, not a PCI Express card?

*** Good point.  It isn't hard to saturate the PCI bus nowadays...