[dundee] SATA Controller Card Recommendations Anyone?

[Andrew Clayton]

On Wed, 4 May 2011 13:49:36 +0100, Simon Wells wrote:

> Can anyone recommend (ideally from personal experience), a good
> quality, inexpensive 4 port SATA controller card? I don't need
> hardware RAID features as this will primarily be used, in addition to
> 4 onboard SATA ports, to build an 8 drive JBOD array.

Is this for internal drives or external (eSATA)?

> Ideally something that works out of the box and has drivers within
> the Linux kernel.


I'm currently using something based on the Silicon Image 3114 chipset.
A 4-port eSATA card, though it seems things based on that chipset are
perhaps best avoided. http://marc.info/?t=123089876500001&r=1&w=2

> Thanks,
> Simon

Andrew