Subject: Re: HELP w/SATA addon controller
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Paul Newhouse <newhouse@rockhead.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/23/2007 16:58:11
Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Jason White <jdwhite@menelos.com>
Thanks.
> On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Jason White wrote:
> >> I'm looking for a simple 2 port card that works with NetBSD.
> >> I'm hoping someone can recommend some brand name models (I have
> >> a hard time figuring out what chips are in some of these products).
> >
> > The Silicon Image 3112 (two port) and 3114 (four port) cards are
> > supported.
> > Searching by chipset number or chipset name on newegg.com and
> > came up with
> > a couple, one of them being:
>
> Watch out for that chipset...it has some significant hardware
> problems which affect large data transfers and can result in data
> corruption unless certain workarounds are implemented. These
> workarounds reduce performance...the SilI 3124 or later chipsets are
> better, but not great.
>
> 3ware and Promise are likely to be more reliable SATA controllers,
> especially if you want to use them in RAID configurations.
Don't need RAID. I didn't see Promise SATA in the PCI supported list,
what chip do they use?
Thanks,
Paul