12 best syba raid controllers

Product description

Marvell Hyper Duo technology combines solid state drive (SSD) speed and SATA HD capacity in a way it forms an ultimate High performance, cost effective and large storage system. SATA ports support port multiplying.

• PCI-E x4 slot is required. (It works with a x16 video slot too)
• Based on Marvell 88SE9230 chipset
• Supports hardware RAID 0, 1, and 10
• Hyper Duo mode supports safe mode (Mirrored protection) and capacity mode (Cost-Optimized) to build a system with SSD and HDD hybrid
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Based on Marvell 88SE9230 Chipset
• Changeable SATA 6.0Gbps Ports (Internally, Externally or Their Combination)

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this the best two esata port card out there right now under
Answer:	I dont know if its the best but it works for older systems very good. Im still running this for the past two years.
Question:	Can i get full sata 3speeds on the asus rampage 2? Samsung Evo 250gb ssd
Answer:	Afraid not, the manufactures specs clearly state "Note: The card slots into an x4 lane however the interface in limited to x2 specifications". Which means the x4 card is only using 2 lanes, limiting throughput to 500MB/s max, just shy of 600MB/s for full SATA3. Not unusual for SATA cards. The performance, non-the-less, is remarkable, and if you need the card to get more SATA ports, it's a small compromise. If you are doing it to utilize the caching function of the Hyper-Duo mode, you'll not realize max performance, but will see better performance than with a HDD, so it's still worth it. To be more clear, I am referencing the manufactures specs on this card, as PCI 2.0 provides for 500Mbps per lane, utilizing both lanes would provide up to 1000Mbps I/O, however, this specific model of SATA card DOES NOT utilize both lanes as it's limited by the chipset it uses. This card is over 2 years old now and has been superseded by newer more capable cards, but if you are using older hard drives, and need a budget interface, it's still good choice.
Question:	Does this card support booting from the attached devices
Answer:	I purchased mine on Nov 19, 2012. Assuming this is still the same model, I can say with confidence that it does. I boot to an SSD using this card.
Question:	Anyone get this to work with two port multipliers ? Will only ever work with one at a time for me
Answer:	I have one extra thought. Let's say you use up all 4 ports on the SYBA card, and you still want to hook up another hard drive. One way to do it is to add a USB 3.0 PCI card (which I have done). Put an SSD into an external USB 3.0 enclosure, and I can get excellent transfer speed via the USB 3.0 PCI card. I assume that I can use a USB 3.0 Hub to attach more external drives, if necessary. Hope this helps.
Question:	Do these fit the factory headphones that come in a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban
Answer:	I own a 2004 Chevy Tahoe LT. The truck has the factory DVD player.They fit , but are difficult to put on and stay on. I ended up gluing them on.

Product description

The I/O CREST SI-PEX40129 is a great accelerated secondary storage solution for any workstation with true PCIe 3.0 x8 bandwidth (x16 Interface). It has two M.2 NVMe ports to accept two NVMe M.2 SSDs, so each NVMe M.2 SSD has dedicated PCIe 3.0 x4 bus bandwidth. It delivers transfer speeds 20 times faster than SATA SSDs. By by-passing the traditional PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe solutions, using the SI-PEX40129 will allow user add 2 M.2 NVMe into any non-Bifurcation PCIe x16 slot to achieve their full potential with a bandwidth of up to 6,500 MB/s.



Unlike onboard DMI 3.0 based NVMe solutions or Single NVMe PCI-e x4, which are forced to share a single PCIe 3.0 x4 lane with the motherboard's data ports, the SI-PEX40129 combines 2- M.2 drives to be able to run on PCIe 3.0 x16 lane. This unique architecture allows the drive to interface directly with the platform's CPU, which provides PCIe x4 bandwidth for each NVMe SSD!

• AS Media's ASM2824 has a PCIe 3.0 x8 upstream port as well as 2 PCIe 3.0 x4 downstream ports. The switch is designed primarily for storage devices.
• SI-PEX40129 card uses ASM2824 switches and therefore does not rely on PCIe bifurcation supported by CPU or PCH (they will work on closed end systems that have limited PCIe bifurcation capabilities).
• Dedicated PCIe 3.0 x8 bus bandwidth fully maximizes NVMe SSDs performance
• Delivers unprecedented fast transfer speed via intelligently aggregated Dual x4 PCIe 3.0 bus bandwidth
• NVMe RAID is supported base on the motherboard chipsets

User questions & answers

Question:	Why does this card use 16 pcie lanes? two x4 nvme drives only need 8 pcie lanes
Answer:	Dear Customer, It has to do with the chipset used. There is a chipset on this card so that NVMe drives will work with computers that wouldn't be able to use NVMe otherwise(such as older Intel or AMD computers)
Question:	I have a pcie x16 3.0 slot in an x99s gaming 9 ac that only has 8 lanes going to it. will this still work? i want to put 2 x evo 970's in it
Answer:	Dear Customer, I believe this card only uses 8 lanes. But I'm not sure. It should work, but if you want to confirm or need more info please email support (AT) sybausa (DOT) com. Amazon Questions arent the best avenue for proper tech support.
Question:	How do the two nvme drives appear to the linux os
Answer:	Dear Customer, It should show up as two drives. It might depend on the Linux version though, I doubt older OSs would have the drivers built in for this.
Question:	Can one boot from this setup using a MacPro5,1 (the old cheese grater tower
Answer:	As long as you are running Mojave. I am using it as my boot drive on my 5.1 Mac Pro tower.

Product features

Heatsink Cover

The card is equippped with a large heatsink and active fan to ensure the M.2 drives are kept cool.

ASM2824 Chipset

ASM2824 is a PCI-e switch chipset and therefore does not rely on PCIe bifurcation supported by CPU or PCH as well as on software RAID technologies supported by the platform.

Supporting Two M.2 M-key NVMe SSD

For wide compatibility with all of the common M.2 solid state drives, the enclosure can mount multiple drive heights including: 2230, 2242, 2260, and 2280.

Product description

The SI-PEX40137 8-Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA Controller Card adds 8 AHCI SATA III ports to a computer through a PCIe x4 or larger slot, delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections for high-performance hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs). The SI-PEX40137 uses two Marvell 9215 that can be used for embedded platform applications such as home NAS/media servers, DVR/NVR and set-top boxes, or vendors can develop their own software RAID boxes with FreeNAS. This PCIe SATA 6gbps card is backed by a 3-year sybausa.com warranty and free lifetime technical support.

• Using a ASM1806 PCIe bridge elimate the need for a Port Multiper when combining the Dual Marvell 9215 Chipset allowing to reach maximum bandwidth per port.
• Compliant with PCI-Ecpress Specification v2.0 and backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.x
• Supports Communication Speeds: 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, 1.5 Gbps
• Support Native Command Queue (NCQ). Support Hot plug and Hot Swap.
• Supports AHCI 1.0 programming interface registers for the SATA controller

User questions & answers

Question:	Will this work with sas drives
Answer:	Very likely. I installed it in a 1U.
Question:	I have 2 x wd 10tb sas disk, can i use this pci on pc as data disk
Answer:	From the firmware of the card (Ctrl + C) at boot up, you can setup RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10. If you download the "MegaRAID storage manage", you can setup RAID 5. With Windows 8 and 10 you can setup RAID 5 using the built-in Disk Management of windows as well. I use this card with 6 x (3TB SAS 6Gbs HDDs) in a RAID 0 for gaming. For me this has been the best option as SSD for the amount of space I need is to costly. With Gaming you want to stay away from software RAID, as you want all your CPU clocks to work on your game.
Question:	Using Windows 10, can I use for a boot drive
Answer:	Hi, Yes you can. I believe you can backplane and backplane again.Hope this helps. I run 3 spindals, 2 solid state hybrids, and 2 solidstates. Have a good oneJim
Question:	Only half of my drives show up. one sas connector appears to be dead. is there a bios i can access
Answer:	The number of ports is the actual number of physical connections on the card. Each of the SAS SFF connectors has four SAS/SATA capable connections and you can buy a fan out cable that will allow you directly to connect 8 physical drives to the card - four drives on each of the two SAS ports. However, you can also get an interface known as an SAS expander. An expander will have one or two SAS input connectors and multiple SAS connectors for output. You can plug those into the card and control many more drives. For example, if you had one of these cards and two expanders which each had one input and four outputs, you could plug one expander into each of the SAS ports on the card and that would give you 8 SAS connectors and you could plug 4 drives into each SAS port on the expander using the same type of cable that would allow you to connect four drives directly to each port on the card. You can plug expanders into expanders too to support more and more drives. The quoted maximum number of drives just tells you how many physical SAS or SATA drives you can plug in if you have lots and lots of expanders.

Product features

Marvel 9215 SATA III Controller

Two Marvell 9215 that can be used for embedded platform applications such as home NAS/media servers, DVR/NVR and set-top boxes, or vendors can develop their own software RAID boxes with FreeNAS.

Asmedia ASM1806 PCI-e Bridge

Using a ASM1806 PCIe bridge elimate the need for a Port Multiper when combining the Dual Marvell 9215 Chipset allowing to reach maximum bandwidth per port.

Mini SAS to SATA Cables Included

Included with the 8 Port SATA III PCI-e Controller Card, a pair of Mini SAS to 4 SATA Cables is included.

Product description

Easily add 4 more SATA ports to your system for additional drives. Simple and quick to use in a vertical orientation for quick connecting. Allows for a single port to be used for port multiplication. Includes an LED cable for detecting HDD activity.

• We recommend a fresh Windows install with this card
• Drivers are required for this card to function.
• Marvell 88SE9215 SATA III host controller
• 1-Lane PCI-E 2.0 interface supports throughput bandwidth up to 5.0Gbps
• Compliant with PCI-E 2.0 base Specification
• LED indicators: HDD activity
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

User questions & answers

Question:	I have one open pci-e (gen 3) x16 socket left on my mb. will this device install and function using that slot
Answer:	Dear Customer,Yes, PCIe is designed to be upwards compatible. You can install smaller cards (x1, x2, x4, etc) cards within larger slots(x16). So this should function just fine.
Question:	I want to boot windows using a ssd. which "2 port" should i choose
Answer:	If the SSD is SATA, you can use this card but may have to supply drivers during OS installation. Depending on which version of Windows you're loading there may or may not be drivers available. Your motherboard may present obstacles as well.
Question:	How will I know if one of the drives is going bad
Answer:	I am using the card for individual drives, not in a RAID configuration, so I cannot directly answer your question. If one of my drives is failing, I see it individually
Question:	does this support "plug and play" for hot swapping purposes
Answer:	According to the manufacturers web site, "Supports Hot-Plug operation" although I have not tried it. http://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=775&search=pex40099

Product description

The IO Crest 2 Port SATA III 6Gbps PCI-Express x1 Card is the easiest way to update any computer with SATA ports. Once installed¸ this host card will add SATA ports with two independent channels. This allows support of two SATA devices at speeds of up to 6Gb/s whether it is a SATA hard drive or SATA device. The IO Crest 2 Port SATA III 6Gbps PCI-Express x1 Card is the easiest way to update any computer system.

• We recommend a fresh Windows install with this card
• Drivers are required for this card to function.
• ASM1061 Chipset (Asmedia 1061 SATA Host Controller)
• Supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap
• Supports Communication Speeds of 6.0Gbps, 3.0Gbps, and 1.5Gbps, 2 Ports Serial ATA, Native Command Queue (NCQ), Port Multiplier
• Supports 2 Ports Serial ATA, Native Command Queue (NCQ), Port Multiplier
• Works with SSDs

User questions & answers

Question:	Will this card work with drives bigger than 3TB
Answer:	I'm using two Seagate 4TB drives with this card and they work fine at full speed (same as the motherboard SATA).
Question:	Is it bootable through the BIOS? If I plug in a hard drive to be my primary could I install Windows
Answer:	Yes I am using this as my Windows 8.1 boot drive. I was able to do a clean install of Windows 8.1 without having to do anything special. However to use both of the SATA ports on this card plus the 4 SATA ports on my motherboard I had to load the specific drivers for the card, plus the motherboard drivers. I checked the date and version of the drivers on the disk, they are the same as the ones on the website.
Question:	Does the computer load a special windows driver during boot? I am running Win 7 64 bit. I want to add SATA 3 ports but without having the card have to
Answer:	I'm using Win 7 G4 bit also. And Yes, I needed to load special drivers, for configure the disk for boot I did the following: 1) Create a new windows installation but just for load the drives that the card's cd have. You can see the drive but can't use it. Reset.2) Create again a new windows installation. Select the new drive, format it and use it.
Question:	so if I put this into a x16 PCIE 1.0 port and hooked an SSD to it, what would be my max bandwidth to the SSD
Answer:	Hello,well, the maximum bandwith provided by the PCI-E x16 gen 1.0 standard port; it is greater than the PCI-E x1 gen 1.0, and not having now many specifications on these standards on Wikipedia.org I have found about that for x1 slot the bandwith is 2.5 GB/s (250 MB/s) and for x16 slot it is 8 GB/s (? MB/s). I hope this is enough. Greetings,Massimo.

Product features

Add Two Internal SATA III Ports To A Computer Through A PCI-e x1 Slot

The IO Crest 2 Port SATA III 6Gbps PCI-Express x1 Card is the easiest way to update any computer with SATA ports. This allows support of two SATA devices at speeds of up to 6Gb/s whether it is a SATA hard drive or SATA device. The IO Crest 2 Port SATA III 6Gbps PCI-Express x1 Card is the easiest way to update any computer system.

Speeds of 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps

This adaptable add-in card gives SATA III connectivity 6Gbps, while remaining backward compatible with PCIe 1.x. Its support the communication speeds of 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps.

Chipset: ASMEDIA ASM1061

Engaged in High Speed I/O solution development, Asmedia Technology is committed to enlarging product portfolio with introducing PCI Express Products. The ASM1061, x1 PCI Express to two ports of Serial ATA, enables Serial ATA PHY up to 6Gbps high speed interface, following Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification.

• 2 ports Serial ATA PHY for 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0GHz signaling
• Support Native Command Queue
• Support Gen 1m and 2m SATA PHY
• Support Port Multiplier

Product description

The PCI-Express SATA host controller card expands your computer by eight SATA ports. You can connect devices such as SSD's, HDD's, DVD drives, etc. To the card. The orientation and position of SATA ports are well designed so that the cable wiring fits easily in the computer chassis.

• We recommend a fresh Windows install with this card
• Drivers are required for this card to function.
• Connect up to 8 SATA III devices at a time and 8 internal SATA III Ports
• DImensions of the product is 6 x 3 x 1 inches
• Dual Marvell 88SE9215 + 88sm9705 chipset, software RAID capable
• 1 -Lane PCI-Express 2.0 interface, up to 6.0Gbps, low-profile bracket included
• OS supported: Windows 7, 8, 10, Windows server 2008/R2, 2012/R2, Linux, Mac OSX

User questions & answers

Question:	How do i access syba pci-express 8-port internal sata 6gbps dual chipset pci-e v2.0 x 1 slot controller card during the bios boot
Answer:	I hope I understand right.The card's Option ROM produces the SATA Controller Mode splash screen. If you're not going to be booting from any SATA devices connected to that card you can change the BIOS setting to skip that card's Option ROM from the boot sequence. If you CANT access the card splash screen, or your keyboard is non responsive during this time; clear the CMOS to force re-detect of hardware changes.Clearing the CMOS forces re-enumertion of all hardware to resolve resource conflicts, which sounds like it could be the case. (A range overlap?)
Question:	Is this osx compatible for a boot drive? i am looking to add a ssd to my mac pro
Answer:	Dear Customer,This should be able to be used as a boot drive within a Mac Pro. If you have any more questions you can email our support at [email protected]
Question:	How do I stop it from "spaming" my logs with error messages? (10 errors printed once each second
Answer:	Dear Customer, This shouldn't be filling your error logs. Please update the driver and let us know if the errors continue
Question:	Can you equip a xpenology
Answer:	you should be able to. haven't tried it myself, so I can't help you there. apologies.
Question:	Is this card compatible with windows 10, and work well using Raid
Answer:	I can't get mine stable on Windows 10, but I am amrelative newbie to computer building...
Question:	Can this raid card support recognize a 4TB hard drive and also does it support striping across 4 drives
Answer:	I know it can handle 2 tb because that is what I have. I THINK it depends more on bios.
Question:	Would this card work with an HP DL 160 G5 server? It only supports 750GB drives onboard so I need to find something that would support 2TB or more
Answer:	I have 2 ea. 1 TV drives in a RAID 1 array - seems to be OK
Question:	Does this card handle raid 1+0 (raid
Answer:	Dear Customer, Yes, this card handles RAID 10, however, it has a maximum RAID size of about 2.3TB.

Product description

An innovation in design and concept, user configurable SATA connectors. 2 SATA channels can be set as internal, external or combination with few jumpers. ASM106x chipset.

• Based on as media ASM1061 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA 6Gbps controller
• 1-Lane PCI-Express 2.0 interface supports communication speed of 2.5Gbps and 5.0Gbps
• The LED Blinks for read/write activity on any one of the Hard Drive connected to the motherboard or to this Add-on card
• SATA 6.0Gbps Ports (internally, Externally or their combination)
• Compatible with SATA-III (6Gbps), SATA-II (3Gbps), SATA-I (1.5Gbps) Hard drives and SSD's
• ASMedia ASM1061 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA 6Gbps Controller
• The LED Blinks for Read/Write Activity on Any One of the Hard Drive Connected to the Motherboard or to This Add-on Card
• Compliant with PCI-Express 2.0 Base Specification

User questions & answers

Question:	Does this card work on any motherboard with sata
Answer:	I am using the Syba on a asus socket AM2+ MB it is a SATA 2 board. IMHO this board should work with any motherboard with a PCI-e slot. Product was 5 minute plug and play for me. Still very happy with it.
Question:	Does this card's eSATA port support Port Multiplier? Can I use this card with StarTech 4 Bay eSATA USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station
Answer:	I use it with the single-bay StarTech dock, so I don't see why it wouldn't work with the 4-bay ST unit. Just be aware the 4-bay dock doesn't have any active cooling for the drives, so they will get HOT during transfers. Before I had the 1-bay ST dock (that has a built-in fan), I rigged up a 120mm case fan to a cannibalized 12V AC brick to blow air on a HDD to keep it as cool as possible during operation.
Question:	Can you have 1 active eSATA and 1 active SATA or do they have to be either all external or all internal
Answer:	There are 2 jumpers on the board that allows you to choose. You can have 1 int and 1 ext.
Question:	does this board support hot swappable drives. I wamt to add a hotswappable case internally. my intel mother board only supports 1 sata3 and I need
Answer:	With Windows 7--yes--XP you have to power down replace drive and reboot.

Product description

The Syba SD-SATA150R 2 port SATA PCI controller card with optional software RAID function. The controller card is compatible with SATA 2.0 devices, providing the versatility to use older storage, and features support for RAID 0 and 1 modes as well as port multiplier capability with command-based and FIS-based switching for connecting multiple external hard drives to a host PC through a single SATA connection.

• PCI Specification Revision 2.2 Compliant ; Supports 66MHz PCI with 32-bit data.
• Compliant with programming interface for Bus Master IDE Controller Rev1.0
• Supports Programmable and EEPROM, FLASH, & EPROM
• 48-bit sector addressing ; Serial ATA Specification Revision 1.0 compliant.
• Virtual DMA Supported ; RAID 0,1 Supported
• PCI SATA/eSATA Raid Controller Card

User questions & answers

Question:	Does it work with 64-bit Win
Answer:	I have used it on BSD and Debian Linux (both x64) and it worked no problems with no configuring. I am 99% sure it would work in Windows 8.1 x64 without configuring but I haven't tried it sorry.
Question:	The controller is declared to work with sata1 hdds. has somebody tested how it works with sata2 and sata3 hdds
Answer:	SATA 2 and SATA 3 are backwards-compatible. The only problem you'll have is that you'll be limited to SATA 1 transfer rates.
Question:	Does anyone has this working with 8-bay probox (H82-SU3S
Answer:	I had it working fine with two 4 bay Probox's. It should work just fine for you.
Question:	Will this work on a external esata box with 2 hard drives and 2 optical drives
Answer:	It has two esata ports. As long as your external box has only one external esata cable jack, It should work fine. If you have a separate esata cable jack for each drive, you'll be short by two.
Question:	This works flawless in windows 10 and detects a dvd drive, but in 7 I can't get it to show up as anything other than an additional chipset
Answer:	You might have an upgraded version - I use mine with Windows 7 with no problem -
Question:	Does pkg include low profile bracket
Answer:	I just ordered mine, and I got a low profile bracket included. I know its a old question, but it may help others in the future

Product description

Syba' s 2 port SATA 6GB/s PCI-E X1 is a High performance SATA host adapter designed to add two internal serial ATA 6GB/s channels to your PCIe-equipped computer for additional hard disk drive connections. It supports SATA hard disk drives up to 4TB, ATA/ATAPI-7 specification as well as port multiplier. Plus, the SATA controller card offers an effective hardware RAID solution, with native RAID (0, 1, span) support. Includes both a full and low profile/half-height bracket for installation into any size of desktop computer.

• Supports 2 Ports Serial ATA PHY, 1.5Gbps, 3.0Gbps and 6.0Gbps seed negotiation
• Supports AHCI and IDE programming interface
• Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ)
• Supports port Multiplier Command based switching
• Embedded hardware RAID Engine

User questions & answers

Question:	How do you enter the raid setup screen on a new dell computer? i tried everything ctrlm and ctrlr but boot process always goes straight to windows
Answer:	Have you changed your BIOS settings to run RAID before installing the card? Not changing BIOS settings before hand will usually be the conflict that'll bypass RAID setup. You can reach our Tech Support Team at [email protected] for in-depth help regarding this situation.
Question:	Will this work in a pcie v 1.0 slot
Answer:	This is a x1 interface card. Hardware interface is x1 - that means a card with the smallest interface, where one set of pins is smaller than the other one. It fits in any PCIe slot (x1, x2, x4, x8, x16).
Question:	Will it work on a pci 2.2 compliant 32-bit/33mhz pci slot interface
Answer:	This card will only work within a PCIe slot.
Question:	problems : 1 - raid configuration screen does not appear when booting, nor with ctrlr or ctrlm. it is impossible to get into cofig menu
Answer:	Dear Customer, You need to hit the key combo on bootup to get to the RAID Window.

Product description

The UGT-ST644R design encompasses great design and server technology into simple RAID Host controller. It uses the latest storage technology to bring SSD caching storage to the HDD drive to gain unparalleled access speed. This RAID Host controller enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drives at 6Gb/s while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 3Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s drives. It uses the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration. Come standard for PCI Express 2.0 to double the bandwidth of the existing PCI Express bus for faster data throughput thus enhancing system performance for every type of computer user. Each PCI-Express 2.0 lane provides up to 500MB/s of throughput. It is also backward compatible with previous generation of PCI Express 1.0 technology. Using the onboard RAID firmware, the 4 SATA drives attached to this controller can be easily configured as 4 individual ports with no RAID or with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and HyperDuo capabilities.

• 4 Channel for 4 storage devices like SSD or HDD. This Card will let You Grow as Your Needs Grow to Add more Devices to your System.
• Configurable Port as Internal SATA or External eSATA Port, SATA III 6Gb/s on Every Channel for all your SSD and HDD.
• 1 Port Multiplier Function For Multi-Bay Enclosures (4 drives), Support both FIS and Command-based Switching.
• RAID 0, 1, 10 and HyperDuo Function for Redundancy to Keep your Data Safe and Faster Disk Access, Low Profile Bracket Included.
• Support Windows XP, Server 2003/2008, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10; For RAID use, must do a new clean install of the OS to boot.
• RAID configuration is on the drive(s); install only on true PCIe x4 slot or x8 or x16 Slot only, Download Latest drivers from vantecusa website.
• Note: Cannot Boot If you just move your drive to this controller, write to vantecusa technical support for more info.

User questions & answers

Question:	Will this controller work with/recognize SATA-III drives? I have WD RED with jumpers to force SATA-II
Answer:	10Gtek 9200-8E card can be used to setup a jobd volume in windows 10. Please choose the offer that sold by 10Gtek to avoid any discrepancy.
Question:	Do you need to buy seperate power cables for the internal desktop SATA connections? My old PC only has the older 'MOLEX' 4 pin power connectors. I assume the included 7Pin inluded sata cables only carry data and no power
Answer:	This card support sata hard drives. Please check if you use the correct cable and connector. If you need more support, please send email to [email protected] with your device information and IOS version. You will get a reply soon.
Question:	Can this Vantec 4-Channel 6-Port SATA 6Gb/s (UGT-ST644R) install in a PCI-E x1 slot? I only have x1 slots available?? thank you
Answer:	yup... works just fine...
Question:	Has anyone tried this card with Ubuntu Linux
Answer:	This card is configured for passthrough so the drives can be seen indepentently

Product description

LSI MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers provide a new level of reliability availability and performance to businesses that are facing storage challenges driven by unprecedented data growth. With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port the MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i brings users features and improved performance while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS generation. The MegaRAID value line controller ideal for inside-the-box connectivity employs the latest in RAID-on-Chip technology plies with the PCI Express 2.0 specification and provides additional data security using LSI SafeStore encryption services. 6Gb/s SAS is designed for backward patibility with 3Gb/s SAS as well as with 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SATA hard drives. Regardless of the drive speed 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers will deliver significant performance improvements in both read and write applications as pared to their 3Gb/s predecessors. Other features of the 6Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers include greater signal integrity using Decision Feedback Equalization support for more sophisticated SAS topologies using Expander Self-discovery/Self-configuration and additional safeguards to enhance data protection. LSI is pleased to introduce SafeStore encryption services which offer instant secure erase and local key management for self-encrypting drives (SEDs). This technology represents a significant step forward in securing a drive's data from any unauthorized access or modification resulting from theft loss or repurposing of drives. Instant secure erase permanently removes data when repurposing or demissioning SEDs. SafeStore local key management provides the necessary management and protection of SEDs using a simple pass phrase security key identifier and security key file which can be set and applied to all SEDs assigned to a MegaRAID controller. This removes the plexity of managing each SED's unique encryption key and essentially relieves the administrator from most of the daily t

• Lsi Logic Megaraid 9260-8i 8-port Sas Raid Controller - 512mb Ddr2 Sdram - Pci Express X8 - 300mbps - 2 X Sff-8087 - Mini-sas - Rohs Compliance

User questions & answers

Question:	Would it still get hot with just 2 drives raid 1 + several jbod, since it wouldn't be calculating parity
Answer:	It has Marvell 88SE9215 + JMicron JMB5xx 8-Port Chip but I can find no drivers on the web. MZHOU, a Chinese co., has no web site. Supposedly the chip set works with Windows 10. https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RT2CBP0UBVS3A?ASIN=B01IDNSUNO has some help.
Question:	I have installed the raid card, gone through the interface, created a raid 5. log onto windows 10 and cannot see raid listed. where is it
Answer:	Nope. You cant even use all 6 ports. I thought the first one was bad so i replaced it. 2nd one dies the same thing. Wont read passed 3 ports (drives)
Question:	With raid 0/1, could one of the drives be plugged in to the motherboard to be accessed or is the raid controller needed (in case the card fails
Answer:	Yes. My Asus Hero VIII would not recognize the card
Question:	Tried to create a RAID 10 array with four drives. It only gave me the option for RAID 1. It said it used all four drives. Is this normal
Answer:	Yes. I was running FreeNAS and then began testing OpenMediaVault. Both work with this card!

• Controller: SAS 2008 controller for 8-port 6Gb/s to PCIe
• Host Bus Type: 8-line PCIe 2.0, X8
• Connectors: 2-port Mini-SAS SFF-8087
• Data Rates: Up to 6 G SATA and SAS link rates, SAS 2.0 complian; Support 256 SAS and SATA device
• Systems Support: Windows, Linux RedHat, LinuxSUSE Enterprise Server(SLES), Solaris,and VMware

User questions & answers

Question:	Can this card be used to setup a jobd volume in windows
Answer:	hi i’m running it in a raid case in mirror configuration running 8 x 12 tb drives currently and had no issues - i’ve purposely pulled drives out and watched it rebuild no problem - the software gui is pretty good as well - i have brought 5 of these cards with 4 being used and the 5th is a spare as being where i live - hope this helps cheers si
Question:	I do not understand why it does not show my sata hard drives, it only detects sas hard drives, should I perform additional configuration tasks
Answer:	The RocketRAID 3720A has only internal ports. However the RocketRAID 3742A has external and internal ports.
Question:	Anyone used it with windows
Answer:	No, the 3740A has 4 Mini-SAS connectors, each of which support 4 drives. Meaning, the 3740A when probably configured, supports 16 drives.
Question:	Sorry for the question, but raid is mandatory for this card? or i can just plug 4 hdd to each port and see them separately in windows
Answer:	The RocketRAID 3740A is a 12Gb/s SAS/SATA PCIe 3.0 RAID controller - it supports any type of SAS/SATA Enterprise or NAS hard drive, or SSD (12Gb/s or 6Gb/s models). The RocketRAID 2840A is also PCIe 3.0. However, it was designed for 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Enterprise or NAS hard drives, and SSD's (not 12Gb/s models).