On 02/01/2011 22:31, Roman Mamedov wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:11:19 +0000
John Robinson<john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Please could someone suggest a cheap PCI-E SATA card with 4 internal ports?
"Marvell 88SE6445 Raid 0,1,5,10 and JBOD", $60 at eBay: http://ur1.ca/2qa3t
In the UK the best I've found is the Highpoint 2640x1 at £92 ex delivery
and taxes, which at current exchange rates is $142. I'm slightly
reluctant to buy a no-brand item direct from China.
"LSI SAS3041E-R 4-Port SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter", $73 at DX:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.51317
£113 or $174 is the best I can find in the UK. I wonder if they ship
internationally... their $73 is £48...
Or if you meant 'cheap' as in $20-30 cheap, then there's no such (4-Port PCI-E)
thing, but you can easily get not one, but two 2-Port PCI-E x1 boards for that
price. If you go that route, make sure you get the JMB363 chip, unlike SiI3132
it has not been spotted having any data corruption issues AFAIK.
Well, there are 4-port PCI cards in the £17-25 cheap range, so I had
hoped there would be 4-port PCI-E cards in the £35-50 range, which is
the ballpark for basic cheap motherboards with 4-6 SATA ports on them,
but it's not generally true.
Anyway thanks for the help, I shall chase up DX and think on...
Cheers,
John.
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