On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:15:41 -0700 (PDT)
DataZap <az@datazap.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:10:56 -0700 (PDT)
> > DataZap <az@datazap.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am looking for server hardware. I would need to put in larger hard
> > > drives. Could someone tell me if there is sparc hardware that is capable
> > > of having 2-250 gig (perferably 500 gig) hard drives?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Al
> >
> > With NetBSD you can use third-party PCI add-in cards in your Sun gear;
> > for example Serial ATA cards. I have 5 modern SATA drives in my sparc64
> > server. The only caveat is that you still need a scsi disk to boot from.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your email.
> 
> It would be incredible to have SATA drives in a sparc64. Could you tell me
> what brand of controller you are using and what version of NetBSD? I think
> that if I am going to do a fresh install, I would probably put NetBSD 4 on
> it. Has anyone had any luck with 4?

Hi,

It's some OEM cheapo controller[1] with a Silicon Image chip. It
does support 66MHz PCI, which is nice. (Though performance still
leaves _plenty_ to be desired when compared to the ultra160 scsi
controller!)

satalink0 at pci4 dev 1 function 0
satalink0: Silicon Image SATALink 3114 (rev. 0x02)
satalink0: 66MHz PCI bus
satalink0: bus-master DMA support present
satalink0: using ivec 100 for native-PCI interrupt
atabus0 at satalink0 channel 0
atabus1 at satalink0 channel 1
atabus2 at satalink0 channel 2
atabus3 at satalink0 channel 3

[1] http://www.sunsway.com.hk/products/pci-sata-4.html