[XCSSA] I hate Silicon Image...

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> ...long story short, I'm only getting 2-6MB/sec write performance per  
> drive. I think this is because of the chipset being used (SiI 3112). I  
> know it's notorious for completely sucking. Oddly enough, this chipset  
> is what is on the LSI MegaRAID card. That's how I ran into the  
> problem, in fact. I disabled my RAID BIOS so I could do software RAID  
> and spin drives down, etc.
> 
> The actual story is much more complex and sad, but I figured I would  
> stop here :)
> 
> Yes, I know, getting a new card will solve the problem :) I'm aware. I  
> just would like to buy some time until I can find a suitable  
> replacement (which will probably be an ITX board with on-board SATA  
> ports).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Tim
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I had a motherboard with that sata chipset that was from 2003 I think. 
Yes it was not very good.  I think the 3112 was the first chipset that 
silimage ever made for sata.

Sam