[geeks] [rescue] little low-wattage servers

[Lionel Peterson]

Widely documented to not support port multipliers, but a PCI-E 1x controller
that does is quite affordable.

Lionel

On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:41 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8 Feb 2012, at 13:09, sammy ominsky <s at avoidant.org> wrote:
>
>> Do you already own one of these?  Do you happen to know if the controller
>> behind the eSATA port will talk to this?
>>
>> http://addonics.com/products/ad5sarpm-e.php
>
> I seem to remember someone earlier on the thread mentioning that the eSATA
> port did *not* support port multipliers. Not 100% on that though and can't
> find anything with a quick Google.
>
> A good PCIe card that is multiplier aware wouldn't add much overhead
though?
>
> --
> Mark Benson
>
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