[Suns-at-Home] T2000 with extra SATA controller - options/suggestions?

[Ed Groenenberg]

Hi all,

I have a T-2000, and I want to use a few additional disks.
Now, SAS disks as they come with a T2000 are costing lot's of $$$, while
SATA/SATA2 disks are larger and cheaper. I want to use 4 of them in a
raid5 setup. Support for SATA is there, as the Thumper (X4500) uses the
SIL-3124 chip for the internal disk array.

My question is, has anybody already tried to use a PCI card with this
chip and was successfull in addressing the disks?

Thanks,

Ed