[geeks] Anyone use this SATA controller in a PC

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm thinking of "pimping out" an old PowerEdge 4400 (dual PIII Xeon 1
> GHz). I've currently got it full of 36 Gig SCSI drives, but I
> realized I could add one of my favorite 3x 3.5" SATA hot-swap trays
> in the two open 5.25" bays (under the optical drive), so I'm thinking
> about adding a SATA controller to this machne. Since it only has PCI
> slots (64 bit, both 33 and 66 MHz), I was thinking of adding one of
> these Promise SATA controllers and playing with ZFS and/or JBOD on a
> couple large SATA drives:
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102062
> 
> At about $60 it is right on the edge of justifiable, since it is 300
> Mb/sec SATA "II" and low-profile, so I could use it in any other
> system if I decide to de-commission the PowerEdge 4400.
> 
> Obviously, I'd be interested in Solaris Support if anyone knows about
> that as well..

I highly recommend going with anything *but* Promise.  I don't think 
they've made anything ever that wasn't crap.  More than just being crap, 
it's incompatible crap.

Peace...  Sridhar