new server motherboard with SATA II

[Fraser Tweedale]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:30:51PM +1000, Danny Carroll wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm looking to set up a file server at our office.  It's a small office 
> so price is a concern.  Performance is also going to be important.
> 
> The data will be replicated from another site so integrity of the data 
> is not paramount.  For this reason I think I'll be able to run with ZFS. 
>   I see it as a good opportunity to contribute to getting ZFS stable and 
> non-experimental.
> 
> What I am really concerned about is the SATA support.
> 
> If I look at AMD64 as an arch, does anyone have any experience with good 
> IO chipsets that can do full SATA-300?
> 
> I don't mind if it is a on-board or if I get a good controller card so 
> long as I can get decent performance out of the Seagate Barracuda 
> 7200.11 drives.
> 
> I'd be willing to go with intel arch although from a ZFS perspective it 
> sounds like AMD64 is better.
> 
> -D

Intel ICH-9 works a treat; I run a combination of SATA-300 and
SATA-150 drives on an ICH-9 southbridge, and have never had an
issue.

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