Re: SATA controller

> For a case, I like the Lian-Li PC343B;
> http://www.microplex.no/product.aspx?pid=PC343B (norwegian url, didn't
> find it on lian-lis site)

Case will be chenbro 24 disk bay as mentioned earlier.

> As far as controllers go, I prefer to go with Promise controllers, I've
> never had any kind of issue with them, using stock kernel drivers.

Ok, will look in to this.

> Biggest challenge may be finding a motherboard with the right balance of
> bus interfaces for the chosen setup.

What mb did you use?

> As far as "sata multipliers" go, I haven't even heard about them..

It's a devices with one SATA-II "in" port and 4 or 5 "out" ports,  
because the 300mb/sec speed is fast enough for multiple harddisks per  
channel, at least in my case it is, it gives 60mb/sec per drive:

http://www.sata-io.org/portmultiplier.asp