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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks Munjal and Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’ll give it a try. I am not certain the drivers are included
as the Fedora drivers are listed for download on the manufacturer’s site. It
could be that I would need to wait for them to release a F8 driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Wish me luck! I’ll let you know how it turns out. If all works
out I should be up to 8T, and have just over 2 free for future use. Wherever
did it go?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Matt <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Munjal
Thakkar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SGVLUG Discussion List.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SGVLUG] SATA card for Fedora<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>a lot of the higherend
highpoint cards are pretty good if you ask me, but as stated in reviews, the
tech support doesn't just suck, its non-existant. 3ware is overpriced for a
home media server if you ask me, i would shop around for a highpoint and go for
that, see if it works out for you. So far I have an older card, an 1820 with 8
sata ports running a raid 5 with all channels with 500 gig drives, so far its
been running fine (for the most part) for over a year. So it all depends. <br>
<br>
Or, if your media server is strictly to just place media, why not take a look
at <a href="http://www.freenas.org">www.freenas.org</a>. ? Its BSD based
actually, but works really well and the software raid built in has a lot of
support behind it and proven stability (and read/write speeds of 400MB/sec
even, on the right hardware). This might be off tracking, but could lead to a
possibly cheaper solution? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 19, 2008 11:59 AM, Michael Proctor-Smith <<a
href="mailto:mproctor13@gmail.com">mproctor13@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have had good luck with 3ware cards, there drivers are in
the kernel<br>
and they are real raid not hardware assisted software raid. But you<br>
get what you pay for they are much more expensive. On the other hand<br>
if the highpoint card is support in core 1-7 then the drivers are in <br>
the kernel. But again for $118 you are most certainly getting software<br>
raid with a bios utility to set it up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jan 19, 2008 10:29 AM, Matt Campbell <<a href="mailto:dvdmatt@gmail.com">
dvdmatt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Good morning all,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I unfortunately ran out of space on my media server last week and need to<br>
> add 4 more 1T drives, but am out of SATA ports. <br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I looked online and found a 4 port SATA II PCIe x1 card which would take<br>
> advantage of the three unused x1 ports on my motherboard.<br>
><br>
> <a
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16816115029&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&SelectedRating=-1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&Page="
target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16816115029&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&SelectedRating=-1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&Page=</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> <br>
> The reviews of the card state that the manufacturer (in Milipitas) is<br>
> *horrible* for technical support with people getting a response only after<br>
> multiple calls and emails.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The manufacturer's site lists drivers for Fedora Code 1-6 and Fedora core
7.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Does anyone have experience with these cards (Highpoint) or can you<br>
> recommend a good 4 port SATA2 PCI or PCIe1 card? <br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I have tried contacting the manufacturer to see if they support F8 yet,
but<br>
> am not holding my breath.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance for any experience you have had with SATA cards under <br>
> Linux,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Matt<br>
><br>
><br>
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