HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL 8-Port PCI-Express 2.0 x8 SAS/SATA RAID Controller

Customer Reviews. For the price, I firmly believe this is one of the best RAID controllers available. Highly customizable option ROM helps accommodate compatibility with older machines, 8 ports guarantees you will run out of drive bays before disk ports, variety of built-in RAID modes is fantastic, SAS support on top of SATA is handy, support for 6G disks rocks, and the x8 PCI-E interface ensures reduced bottleneck and decent transaction speeds across all disks. Works great with Ubuntu Server 12.04/12.10.

Product Description RocketRAID 6Gb/s PCI-Express Gen 2x8 SAS/SATA RAID Host Adapter; The simplified SGL package reduces up-front costs and provides Solution Providers with the freedom they need to configure storage platforms that meet clients' exact specifications.

Product Features
• 6Gb/s (600MB/s) data transfer rate
• Major OS support includes Windows, Linux, Free BSD and Mac OS X 10.7x Lion (only for RocketRAID 2722 and 2744)
• PCI-Express 2.0 x8
• 2 Internal Mini-SAS ports
• RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD
• Low Profile

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HighPoint RocketU Quad USB 3.0 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 RAID HBA for Mac

Designed exclusively for the Mac Pro and the Mac OS X operating system, the RocketU Quad USB 3.0 is a 4-Port PCI-E 2.0 x4 RAID HBA. The RocketU Quad USB 3.0 for Mac Mac delivers class-leading 20Gb/s transfer bandwidth, and is optimized for external SSD and hard drive configurations. The RocketU Quad USB 3.0 for Mac will recognize pre-configured external hard disks and SSD’s, and it’s intuitive web-based Management interface allows you to quickly and easily configure RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD arrays.

Product Features
• 4 USB 3.0 Super Speed Speed Type-A ports (5Gb/s per port)
• PCI-Express Gen 2 x4
• Supports up to 4 external USB HDD/SSD
• Optimized for external USB SSD's, hard drives and drive enclosures
• Max Performance up to 20Gb/s
• Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 & 1.1
• Supports OS X 10.5 and later
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD

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IO Crest 2 Port SATA III PCI-Express x1 Card (SY-PEX40039)

My Windows 7 x64 system boots fine from this card using a SATA 3 SSD. Much faster than my regular HD. I don't have any SATA 3 ports on my motherboard, just SATA 2. At first I plugged in my SSD into a SATA 2 port and it was faster than a regular HD but was not allowing the SSD it's full speed. This card was much cheaper and easier than replacing my MB. Speed tests showed about a 30% speed increase from the SATA 2 port on my MB. Great buy.

No issues here - Using a couple of these with my Gigabyte EP45-UD3R. I needed an SATAIII solution in PCIe x1 since that's what my board has available, and I'm getting close to maximum SATAIII bandwidth from my SSD drives now. My Win Experience score went from 5.9 up to 7.4 - not too shabby. I recommend only using a single SATAIII drive at a time with this card in order to utilize the maximum speed of the PCIe x1 slot it plugs into - otherwise, it will split the speed of the PCIe slot between the two drives and you loose I/O performance. In my case, I am multi-booting my PC (XP/7/OSX) and using my SATAIII SSDs as OS drives with this controller, this means only one drive is being used at any point, and I maximize performance while still utilizing both ports on a card. These cards also support AHCI natively and can operate under 64bit HPET for Hackint0sh purposes.

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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.

Product Features
• ASM1061 Chipset (Asmedia 1061 SATA Host Controller)
• Supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap
• Supports Communication Speeds of 6.0Gbps, 3.0Gbps, and 1.5Gbps
• Supports Port Multiplier

Technical Details
• Brand Name: Syba
• Model: SY-PEX40039
• Item Package Quantity: 1
• Weight: 140.0 grams

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