StarTech.com 4 Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card with HyperDuo SSD Tiering PCIe 3 Adapter (PEXSAT34RH)

Startech 4 Port Pcie Sata Iii Controller Card. Boost your system´s storage performance with the STARTECH 4-Port PCIe SATA III Controller Card. This card adds four 6Gbps SATA III ports via a PCIe x2 slot, perfect for high-speed HDDs and SSDs. Its standout feature, HyperDuo technology, intelligently combines SSDs and HDDs into a single volume. By automatically tiering data, HyperDuo moves frequently accessed files to your SSDs, delivering up to 80% of SSD performance while retaining the cost-effectiveness and capacity of your hard drives. Supports Port Multiplier for up to 7 drives and offers native RAID (0, 1, 1+0) for advanced data management. Upgrade your storage, optimize speed and capacity effortlessly. The PEXSAT34RH 4-Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA Controller Card with HyperDuo adds 4 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 computers that use a BIOS.)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 7 drives (Up to 4 drives through PM on one port, and a single drive to the remaining 3 ports). Plus, the SATA controller card offers an effective hardware RAID solution, with native RAID (0, 1, 1+0) support.FEATURES:- Throughput Benchmark- Drive configuration- Throughput- Drive size- 1 x HDD- 112.81 MB/s- 2 TB- 1 x SSD- 490.28 MB/S- 120 GB- 1 x HDD + 1 x SSD HyperDuo (Safe Mode)- 489.28 MB/s- 2 TB- 1 x HDD + 2 x SSD HyperDuo (Safe Mode)- 715.13 MB/s- 2 TBDrives Used:- SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 Series 2.5 120 GB (VTX3-25SAT3-120G)- HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5 2 TB (WD20EARS)- Software Used:- IO Meter, 256KB Sequential Read, queue depth = 10. tradeinn Techinn

HIGH-PERFORMANCE: Add four SATA III 6Gbps ports to your desktop computer or server using a PCIe x1 slot to connect SATA drives (HDD/SSD); 4-Port SATA PCIe card features 4x SATA connections for connecting drives using SATA cables (sold separately) MARVELL RAID CONTROLLER: JBOD or Hardware RAID 0, 1, and 1+0 modes can be configured through BIOS - HyperDuo feature allocates frequently accessed files to faster SSD drive - Supports Port Multiplier, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and ATA/ATAPI commands COMPATIBILITY: Supports PCIe 2.0, SATA III & AHCI specs and backwards compatible w/ earlier versions - Supports Windows, Mac, and Linux and is also compatible with Optical/Blu-Ray drives - NOTE: HyperDuo configuration supported in Windows only EASY INSTALL: Expansion card includes full and low-profile brackets for PCIe slot compatibility - Marvell Storage Utility software included for card configuration and drive management