On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:32:14AM -0600, jakllsch@kollasch.net wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 04:14:32PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:02:17PM -0500, Rafal Boni wrote:
> > > I haven't been following the lists much (if at all) in quite a while, so
> > > apologies if this is has a well-known answer... I'd like to upgrade my
> > > SunFire V100 from it's current configuration (couple of software
> > > mirrored 100GB drives on a Silicon Image PATA controller) to SATA and
> > > potentially an external enclosure for the disks (I'm tired of having to
> > > keep the cover off the box because the second disk isn't mounted to
> > > anything and I don't have a second bracket).
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions for what SATA with external connectivity options work
> > > well with sparc64 and can be shoved in a V100?
> > 
> > Promise SATA adapters should work in a sparc64.
> 
> Perhaps the TX4302 (only one I can find with e-SATA).
> Seems it might be a PDC40718.
> 
> Are satalink(4)s also an option?

I think so, but I've not tested them personally.

> 
> If the driver was in NetBSD, and was more mature, I'd probably
> recommend a SiI3124-based card.  That or a PCI/PCI-X AHCI, which
> AFAICT doesn't exist.

The only add-on AHCI cards I know are PCI-e

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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