On Tuesday 31 January 2006 02:53, Sander wrote:
Hello,
I'm looking for an 8-port SATA controller based on the AHCI chipset, as
according to http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#vendor_support
this chipset is completely open.
I've searched the websides of the companies which according to
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#ahci base some of their
products on this chipset, but I couldn't find an 8-port controller.
I've also googled, but without success, hence this somewhat offtopic
message. Although I hope the response helps others in their quest.
The question: does an 8-port AHCI based SATA controller exist? And if,
where can I find it? 12, 16 or 24 ports will do too. I don't need HW
raid, just JBOD.
I've run some tests with this card under Linux and done pretty well:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm
They also have a 3.0Gb version.
Not sure if that is AHCI, but it is eight port.
I got the drivers here:
http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/FC3/
The latest was mvSata_Linux_3.6.1.tgz as of 2005-10-13.
Hope that helps.