Hello,
I want to know if there some driver problems for installing a SATA PCI Card.
Does openmediavault recognizes it and install it automatically, or i have to install it manually.
Which cards do you recommend for a maximum compatibility with OMV ?
Thank you 
Before you buy one, just check to see if it is compatible with Linux. Specifically, Debian 6. A lot of the PCI SATA cards on Newegg (Syba SD-SATA150R looks good) have Linux listed as compatible. You shouldn't have any problems with them.
Ok, thank you.
Hi,
Just been through this pain myself. I have 6 x 1Tb SATA II drives and a M/B with 2 x PCI, 1 x PCI Express, tried 4 cards, all worked, but not necessarily in the box at the same time. Note, these are definately 'budget' cards, I looked at this resource :-
From 32 to 2 ports: Ideal SATA/SAS Controllers for ZFS & Linux MD RAID http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=10
but couldnt source those cards in the UK at a price I was able to justify :-
RAID Card #1 Neewer 4 Port Serial ATA SATA to RAID PCI Card Adapter SIL3114
This was a cheap and cheerful SATA I card (1.5Gb/s)
RAID Card #2 X-Case HX-433 SIL3124 4-Port SATA II PCI Card
http://www.siliconimage.com/su…s.aspx?pid=27&cat=15&os=0
RAID Card #3 PCI-E PCI Express to 4 Internal SATA II Raid Controller Adapter Card For JMB363
This is really a 2-port card, the additional 2 ports are PATA
RAID Card #4 Syba 4 Port SATA II PCI-Express
This is the PCI Express equivalent to RAID Card #2
I have a test script which copies random media files between volumes on the RAID and OS disk, this generates a load average of between 1.5 and 2. Using this script, Config #1 ( RAID Card #2 + RAID Card #4) and Config #2 (2 x RAID Card #2) were both unstable, but I have had 2 days uptime so far using RAID Card #2 + RAID Card #3. This is the configuration I am going with using 2 ports on the SIL3124, 2 ports on the JMB363 and 2 ports on the on-board controller.
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Andy
I've been using an Addonics ADSA2 which appears to be identical (picture wise)to a Rosewill RC-201. They run $15-$25 here in the USA.
I have one Marvell 91xx (2 SATA ports) and one Silicon Image 3124 (4 SATA ports), no problem.
You should have some you can install squeeze-backports kernel (see this post of mine : http://forums.openmediavault.o…p?f=14&t=578&p=2197#p2197, or recompile kernel, not so difficult : lots of tutos, for example this one : http://debian-handbook.info/br…t.kernel-compilation.html
Yous should enable some options in the kernel
- Enable Block Layer -> Partition type -> EFI GUID Partition support
- Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers -> AHCI SATA support
- Device Drivers -> Watchdog Timer Support -> Software watchdog
- Device Drivers -> Multiple device driver support -> RAID support & Device mapper support
- File Systems->XFS
- File Systems->XFS Quota
- File Systems->XFS ACL
- File Systems->Native Language
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