SIIG’s DP SATA 6Gb/s 4-Port Hybrid PCIe is a high performance, cost-effective hardware RAID (RAID 0, 1, 10) SATA host controller designed to enable SSD performance at less than 1/3 the cost. It is embedded with the latest breakthrough HyperDuo technology to work flawlessly with the leading 6Gb/s HDDs and SSDs. It enhances system performance by significantly reducing system boot-up time while allowing data to be stored on the high capacity SATA HDDs. With the built-in fully-automated HyperDuo technology, this Hybrid PCIe SATA controller can help customers benefit from the high performance of SSD acceleration and high capacity of HDD data storage.
Add 4 SATA 6Gb/s channels to your PCIe system
Flexible port configurations:
4 internal
2 external and 2 internal
1 external and 3 internal
Built-in the latest breakthrough Hybrid HyperDuo tiering technology
An economical way to enable SSD performance at 1/3 the cost Note: HyperDuo automatic storage tiering is only compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. This feature is not fully supported in the Server OSes
Improve system performance to reduce boot up time of system with demanding applications such as graphic editing tools, gaming, media player and more
Allow large data to be stored on the high capacity HDDs for cost saving
Fully automated HyperDuo tiering technology, no need to monitor hot/cold data manually
HyperDuo mode supports Safe mode and Capacity mode
Supports Port Multiplier FIS-based and Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Note: Only one Port Multiplier is supported at any one time. Supports up to 4 drives connected via Port Multiplier plus 3 single drives for 7 drives total
Hardware RAID (RAID 0, 1, 10) to offload the host CPU for max performance
Inbox drivers enable users to take advantage of OS commands like TRIM to extend the life of SSDs for maximum durability
Installs in standard height or low profile chassis with included brackets
Works with the latest 6Gb/s SATA HDDs and backwards compatible with 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s HDDs
Chipset: Marvell 88SE9230
Compliant with Serial ATA specification, Revision 3.0
Compliant with PCI Express Base specification, Revision 2.0
Supports 6Gb/s data transfer rate
Supports 48-bit LBA and verified to work with up to 4TB drives
Supports hardware RAID (RAID 0, 1, 10)
Input interface: x2 PCI Express Generation 2
Output interface: SATA
Connector:
4x 7-pin, SATA
2x 7-pin, eSATA
Requirements
Desktop PC with an available x2, x4, x8 or x16 PCIe slot
Windows® 8 (32-/64-bit) / 7 (32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/64-bit) / XP (32-/64-bit) / Server 2003 & 2008 (32-/64-bit) / Server 2008 R2