Comments on: Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008 http://www.iboldesign.com/store/syba-pci-express-sata-ii-4-x-ports-raid-controller-card-sy-pex40008/ Daily updated blog about computers, gadgets, and consumer electronics news Wed, 23 May 2012 21:46:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joshua Hattersley http://www.iboldesign.com/store/syba-pci-express-sata-ii-4-x-ports-raid-controller-card-sy-pex40008/#comment-9887 Joshua Hattersley Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:21:18 +0000 http://www.iboldesign.com/store/syba-pci-express-sata-ii-4-x-ports-raid-controller-card-sy-pex40008/#comment-9887 This is a great addition for anyone looking to add more SATA devices to their computer. I personally needed more ports to accommodate more hard drives in my newly-installed SATA backplane, and didn't want to use port multiplier technology due to concerns over bandwidth constraints. This card is PCIe 1x and works like a charm; I'm running under Ubuntu 9.04, and literally didn't need to perform any setup beyond installing the card and plugging in my drives. The featured SIL3124 chipset is widely supported, which is one of the reasons I went for this model. <br /> <br />Good price, great value--why get a card with anything less than four ports if you're going to install one anyway?--and works like a charm. Highly recommended. Note that the card also supports RAID functionality, but I'm not using it as I've already got a software RAID running via mdadm under Linux. Rating: 5 / 5 This is a great addition for anyone looking to add more SATA devices to their computer. I personally needed more ports to accommodate more hard drives in my newly-installed SATA backplane, and didn’t want to use port multiplier technology due to concerns over bandwidth constraints. This card is PCIe 1x and works like a charm; I’m running under Ubuntu 9.04, and literally didn’t need to perform any setup beyond installing the card and plugging in my drives. The featured SIL3124 chipset is widely supported, which is one of the reasons I went for this model.

Good price, great value–why get a card with anything less than four ports if you’re going to install one anyway?–and works like a charm. Highly recommended. Note that the card also supports RAID functionality, but I’m not using it as I’ve already got a software RAID running via mdadm under Linux.
Rating: 5 / 5

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