[dundee] SATA Controller Card Recommendations Anyone?

[Simon Wells]

On 4 May 2011, at 14:13, Andrew Clayton wrote:

> 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)?

Internal

> 
>> 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

That is why I was avoiding those cheap sil based cards that are about. I want to pay a bit more for something that won't wreck my data.

Simon