I ordered the controller but I just realized that the other link is a breakout cable? and not a SATA to Esata.. is this required or just to increase from 4 to 8 ports?
At 06:31 AM 11/15/2019, you wrote:
LSI (then Avago, and now Broadcom) makes good stuff, but it's generally server grade. If you're just connecting SATA disks, I would actually suggest an LSI/Avago/Broadcom SAS card. Something like the 9211-8i in Initiator/Target (IT) mode would let you directly attach 8 more disks, either SATA or SAS. No eSATA though, so if that's a requirement, you'd need to use your onboard ports for that. You would need SFF-8087 to SATA forward breakout cables as well, but those are cheap. https://amzn.com/B002RL8I7M https://amzn.com/B012BPLYJC Do beware that, depending on your system, it could add time to your POST, and add-in I/O controllers across the board are notorious for having power-saving issues--specifically, waking from sleep/hibernate. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 9:53 PM To: Hardware Group <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Subject: [H] PCIe controller I am looking to buy a quality PCIe sata controller. I am not going to setup RAID so just 6 Gbps is fine. What I am looking for is solid reliability and Windows 10 compatibility. at lest 4 ports. I have tried the cheap ones like SYBA and others and they never work that well or very reliably. The one I have now hangs at post if anything is plugged into the Esata port. Istarted looking for a PROMISE but can't find anything that isn't designed for a server. I see a brand called LSI but I am not familiar with it ? Any sugestions?
