PCIe SATA and a SSD

mohaukachi · Mar 20, 2015

Hey this might be an insanely dumb idea, but I just bought and installed this:

StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express SATA 6 Gbps eSATA Controller Card

In addition to the 2 eSATA out the back, it has 2 SATA ports inside. I'm guessing I can plug something like a Samsung 850 PRO into this, but is there any advantage to this versus the intended mounting with the drive slots? Speed boost at least? As for the downfalls, I bet this would not be a bootable solution.

Thoughts?

mikeboss · Mar 20, 2015

since the internal S-ATA ports are 3 Gb/Sec only you would get twice the speed (approx 500 MB/Sec instead of only 250 MB/Sec).

mohaukachi · Mar 20, 2015

mikeboss said:
since the internal S-ATA ports are 3 Gb/Sec only you would get twice the speed (approx 500 MB/Sec instead of only 250 MB/Sec).

Oh good, I'm not completely off the mark. So that just leaves the bootability question...

mikeboss · Mar 20, 2015

if it works at all, it should be bootable too. why not buy one of these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130696186620

mohaukachi · Mar 20, 2015

I did see this, however I needed eSATA ports (to stretch the life on my old gRaid drives). Great suggestion though! I've been looking at the other PCIe card that thats the blade ssds, but even that I put a pin in to wait for the SSBUX drives to stabilize in price.

666sheep · Mar 21, 2015

mohaukachi said:
Hey this might be an insanely dumb idea, but I just bought and installed this:

StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express SATA 6 Gbps eSATA Controller Card

In addition to the 2 eSATA out the back, it has 2 SATA ports inside. I'm guessing I can plug something like a Samsung 850 PRO into this, but is there any advantage to this versus the intended mounting with the drive slots? Speed boost at least? As for the downfalls, I bet this would not be a bootable solution.

Thoughts?

Looks like Asmedia chip, don't buy it if it is. This one is PCIe x1 and it will be maxed out ~350MB/s.

mohaukachi · Mar 22, 2015

666sheep said:
Looks like Asmedia chip, don't buy it if it is. This one is PCIe x1 and it will be maxed out ~350MB/s.

Well theres some super random information i would never have known! Any suggestions as an alternative?

666sheep · Mar 22, 2015

Anything on Marvell 9230 with PCIe x2. Max throughput ~750 MB/s.

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