Re: Power usage of UltraSparc II processors

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:30:36 -0500, Gerald <not.valid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:31:11 +1200, Liam Greenwood wrote:
What SATA controller card are you going to run in the E450? And does it
do eSATA? Just thinking of having a zfs mirrored pair of 500GB or 750GB
SATA drives instead of my 5x36GB SCA scsi in a multipack. They would
probably suck less power, as well as being a ton more space.

Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112

The Solaris Hardware Compatibility list has a few Serial ATA cards
listed. The UGT-ST200 from Vantech is based on the Sil3112 chipset,
and has an external connector. I've found it online for $30 incl
shipping, so I think that it will be worth a crack once my PCI
based Sparc box arrives.

Cheers, Liam
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