IOCrest PCI-Express 4-port SATA III (6Gb/s) RAID Controller Card (PCI-Express) - Marvell 88SE9230 Chipset
(SATA III 4-port PCI-e Version 2, x2 Slot Controller Card, HyperDuo, Software RAID)
• Bundled with Full & Low Profile Brackets
NOTE: Please ensure there is an available PCI-e x2 slot (or x4, x8 or x16) on your motherboard.Features
• Chipset: Marvell 88SE9230
• Ports:
◦ 4 Internal SATA 6Gb/s Ports
• Compliant with PCI-Express Specification v2.0
• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification 3.0
• PCI-Express x2 Interface, Also compatible with PCI-Express x4, x8, and x16 slots
• Supports Communication Speeds of 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps
• Hot Plug and Hot Swap
• Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ)
• Supports Port Multiplier FIS Based Switching or Command Based Switching
• Compatible with SATA 6G, 3G and 1.5G Hard Drives
• RAID Function:
◦ RAID 0-Striping (Stripe Size: 32K, 64K)
◦ RAID 1-Disk Mirroring
◦ RAID 10-Stripe of Mirrors (Stripe Size: 32K, 64K)
• HyperDuo Safe (Mirrored Protection) or Capacity-Cost (Optimized)
Note:
• Supported up to 8TB HDD per drive
• Only one port can use the Port Multiplier feature at a time. Supports up to 4 drives connected via Port Multiplier, 7 drives total.
• Port Multiplier not supported in Mac OS.
• Not Supported RAID on Port Multiplier
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 TB
Drives Used:
• SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 Series 2.5” 120 GB (VTX3-25SAT3-120G)
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5” 2 TB (WD20EARS)
Applications
• Use SSD tiering to optimize your system for I/O intensive applications such as Office Suites, Photo/Video Editing and Media Players
• Upgrade an older PCIe-based system to SATA 6Gbps capability, to better utilize faster SATA drives
• Add more internal SATA ports to a computer system, to connect additional storage drives and/or optical drives
• Provide optimized off-site back-ups/vaulting, through built-in RAID 1 capability Perfect for multi-drive internal RAID storage solutions
System Requirements
• MS Windows 10, 8 (Incl. 8.1) ,7 (32 / 64 bit) / Vista / Server 2012 / 2008, Linux
Package Contents
• 1x User Manual
• 1x 4 port SATA III (6Gbps) PCI-Express Controller RAID Card (PCI-Express x2 interface)
• 1x SATA Cable
• 1x Low Profile Bracket
1 Year Australia Warranty (Return to Base)