Re: Cheap and cheer full SATA controller

Volker Kuhlmann <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:22:33 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun 13 Nov 2011 21:58:21 NZDT +1300, Stefan Schulz wrote:

> Currently looking at a a three port SATA (plus IDE which I don't
> need) on a VIA VT6421A controller at around $20.

I'm pretty sure that's the chip I tested on a card a little while back.
It works fine, but hotswap is not supported (or doesn't work).

> I don't need RAID and or boot capability.

I believe they all work for booting. Using the raid function on any of
those joke cards (for raid) would be pretty stupid.

Volker

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