Product Review
Add Four Internal SATA III (6Gbps) Ports To A Computer Through A PCI Express x2 Slot
The PEXSAT34RH 4-Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA Controller Card with HyperDuo adds four AHCI SATA III ports to a computer through a PCIe slot (x2), delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections for high-performance hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs). Featuring HyperDuo technology, the SATA card offers SSD auto-tiering which lets you balance the performance advantages of SSD storage with the cost-effectiveness and large capacity of standard hard drives. By combining SSD and HDD drives into a single volume (up to 3 SSD + 1 HDD), HyperDuo discreetly works in the background to identify and move frequently accessed files to the faster SSD drive(s) for improved data throughput €“ up to 80% of SSD performance! Note: The HyperDuo automatic storage tiering feature is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8 only.
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The PCIe SATA controller card supports Port Multiplier (PM), enabling multiple SATA drives to be connected to one port over a single cable, for a total of seven drives (up to four drives through PM on one port, and a single drive to the remaining three ports). Plus, the SATA controller card offers an effective hardware RAID solution, with native RAID (0, 1, 1+0) support.
Product Features & Applications
- Use SSD tiering to optimize your system for I/O intensive applications such as Office Suites, photo/video editing and media players
- Upgrade an older PCIe-based system to SATA 6Gbps capability, to better utilize faster SATA drives
- Add more internal SATA ports to a computer system, to connect additional storage drives and/or optical drives
- Provide optimized off-site back-ups/vaulting, through built-in RAID 1 capability
- Perfect for multi-drive internal RAID storage solutions
- Supports HyperDuo SSD auto-tiering
- Four AHCI SATA III (6Gbps) ports through PCI Express x2
- Fully compliant with SATA 3.0 specifications and backward compatible with SATA I/II (1.5/3.0Gbps) drives
- Supports hardware RAID 0, 1, and 1+0 modes configured through BIOS
- Compliant with PCI Express 2.0 standards
- Port Multiplier FIS-based and Command-based switching supported
- Natively supported single chipset design
- Simple HyperDuo configuration via card-BIOS level or intuitive GUI console (Windows only)
- Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and ATA/ATAPI commands
- Includes Low Profile/Half-Height installation bracket
- Supports HDDs/SSDs/Optical/Blu-Ray drives
- LED headers for HDD activity LED indicators
