Is this card good

[all4dom 101]

I'm looking to build a new server and am using 4 hard 6 hard drives and 1 blueray DVD rom. Is this card decent enough to just use for 2 hard drives that are backups? The motherboard that I'm buying has 6 sata ports and it's to expensive to buy a board with 10 ports. Thanks.

 

SYBA SI-PEX40108 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Card

[Guest asrequested]

I've never used a syba. I've used SIIG and StarTech, both worked fine. If you're using it for the data store drives, it should be OK.

[PenkethBoy 2068]

I have tried syba cards and they are generally ..... pants

 

Have a look for one of these as an alternative and they are buttons to buy

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-PCI-Express-Controller-interface-internal/dp/B00UVJI3IQ

 

have four of them and as they use a 1x slot are usually easy to fit between other cards - and they give good performance in windows and linux - they are sata or esata not both at the same time

[all4dom 101]

I just looked it up and it says currently inavailable.

[all4dom 101]

That's amazon uk. I'm in the usa. I'll check it again.

[all4dom 101]

Star tech sata add on card sold only 12 and has only 3 3gg rating.

[all4dom 101]

What about this card?

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AZ9T3OU/

ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489957460&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=sata+add+on+card&dpPl=1&dpID=41Us33K1kPL&ref=plSrch

[PenkethBoy 2068]

yes its unavailable in uk but you are in the US - it was an example of one that will work!

 

Your link is broken

[all4dom 101]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489960206&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=sata+add+on+card

[all4dom 101]

Your device does not show up in amazon usa.

[Jdiesel 1431]

IBM ServeRAID M1015 crossflashed to a LSI9211-8I in IT mode. Cheap, easy to find, and good performance for mechanical HDDs.

 

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=IBM+ServeRAID+M1015%09&_sacat=0

 

https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-part-4/

Edited March 19, 2017 by Jdiesel

[all4dom 101]

That's a little bit expensive. I'm trying to keep my total cost down. Also I am not sure if I can ctossflash that thing.

[mediacowboy 438]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/261870300895

[Guest asrequested]

I have one of these

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GS8VA4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

and one of these

 

https://www.amazon.com/SIIG-SATA-4-Port-Hybrid-SC-SA0R11-S1/dp/B00CMELSSK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1489966995&sr=8-3&keywords=siig+controller

 

Both work pretty well, though I don't use either of them anymore.

[Jdiesel 1431]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/261870300895

Don't forget the cables are not included with the card, you will need something like this x2 for sata drives.

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/3FT-MINI-SAS-4i-SFF-8087-36P-To-4-SATA-7P-HDD-Hard-Drive-Splitter-cable-/251814712148?hash=item3aa1539354%3Ag%3AJ8YAAOSwT6pVshCi&_trkparms=pageci%253A7dba6ce6-0d00-11e7-9c1c-74dbd180c3f1%257Cparentrq%253Ae905961715a0a7854edf4abcfffc2894%257Ciid%253A3

Edited March 20, 2017 by Jdiesel

[Jdiesel 1431]

I had both a StarTech and a SIIG 4 port sata card. I can't remember which one but one of them kept on dropping drives. A reboot usually fixed it but it was quite annoying. I upgraded to a server class card and all my issues went away. I'm not a fan of Silicone Image sata chips personally. Also keep in mind the PCI bus that card runs on 1x, 4x or 8x.

[Guest asrequested]

I had both a StarTech and a SIIG 4 port sata card. I can't remember which one but one of them kept on dropping drives. A reboot usually fixed it but it was quite annoying. I upgraded to a server class card and all my issues went away. I'm not a fan of Silicone Image sata chips personally. Also keep in mind the PCI bus that card runs on 1x, 4x or 8x.

 

Yeah, I have 3 LSI 9211-8i cards, now. But those worked ok for regular use. I never had any problems with them

[all4dom 101]

Thanks guys.