Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 06:17:23PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> According to page 7 of the
> "Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface Revision 1.1"
> (available at http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/ahci.htm), AHCI
> supports up to 32 ports.

Hmm, that's a nice feature set. Here is hoping everyone will consider
switching to that, and that no one screws it up and makes a mostly but
not quite compliant version.

> For example, Silicon Image 3124 also looks good on paper, but only
> supports up to 4 ports.
>
> Yeah, I know, but because of their real 'hardware' raid, these cards are
> three times more expensive per port. And I just need JBOD.

Really? How much does a 24 port areca card cost? Is it 12 times the
cost of a two port promise card?

I haven't looked at the prices lately.

Len Sorensen
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