On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steve Bonds wrote:

These $50 four port cards work wonderfully with the sata_sil24 drived included with CentOS:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132017

They only come as PCI.  I never found anything stable enough for me (which is VERY stable) for PCIe.  Perhaps someone else has found something good for that slot.

These look promising:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124027

(Syba SY-PEX40008, info at http://www.iocrest.com/products.php?SY-PEX40008)

And at $60 for four ports... relatively affordable. I have not tried them personally since I have enough ports for now. However, this is probably the one I try when I run out unless someone else comes back with something better. :-)

-- Steve