I just verified one that I was using on my Ubuntu Linux. The Marvell chipset seems to be reliable. My $.02.

-D

-----Original Message----- From: studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com [mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Klaassen Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:21 PM To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com Subject: Re: eSATA card for Linux

--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Klaus Steden klaus-s@moving-picture.com wrote:

A question about port multipliers -- what's the conventional way to add one of these? Do they mount on the SATA card? Do they get a PCI slot? Motherboard/chassis mount? Never encountered one before ...

I've mostly seen them in external boxes like this:

http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/

Bare cards are available:

http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/ad5sapm-e.asp

Bottom line: One SATA link from your motherboard/PCI SATA card goes in, and five SATA links come out that you attach to drives. (In some cases, four links come out.)

(BTW, these are not recommendations, just random links. Check the Backblaze link somebody posted a couple of weeks ago for information on cards that'll actually work.)

Andrew

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