Recommended a PCIE based SATA expansion card

[kona786]

I'm looking to add 1 or 2 more mechanical HDDs to my desktop and have run out of sata ports.

I'm after a reliable SATA expansion card.

Have my eye on the Rivo 4 Port SATA III PCIe 3.0 X1 Controller Card, PCI Express to SATA 3.0 6G, Marvell 88SE9215.

- 4 Internal SATA 6Gb/s Ports
- Chipset: Marvell 88SE9215
- Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ)
- Supports Port Multiplier FIS Based Switching or Command Based Switching
- SATA ports are bootable
- Compatible with SATA 6G, 3G and 1.5G Hard Drives
- PCI-Express x1 Interface is Compatible with PCI-Express x2, x4, x8, and x16 slots
- Supports SATA Rev 3.0 transfer speeds up to 6.0Gbps and backwards compatible with SATA I/II at 1.5/3.0Gbps
- Supports any OS like Windows10/8/7 (32/64 bit) / Vista (32/64 bit) / XP/2003/2008/linux.
- System Requirements: One available PCI Express X1, X4, X8 or X16 slot.
- Support Gen 1i, Gen 1x, Gen 2i, Gen 2m, Gen 2x, and Gen 3i.
- Support AHCI1.0 mode and IDE mode
- Support hot swap.

Looking at the specs above will this support large capacity drives.... I. E. 10TB and over?

Thanks.

 

[Avalon]

The 3G and 1.5G that I presume are throwing you are SATA standards, not representations of the maximum supported drive size. Personally I would go with a £20 LSI based HBA and flash it to IT mode, breakout cables from SAS to SATA give 4 drives per port, but they do benefit from case air flow. Also if you want 4Kn support for future drives, it’s probably advisable to spend the extra tenner on something newer and 9207 based.

 

[kona786]

The 3G and 1.5G that I presume are throwing you are SATA standards, not representations of the maximum supported drive size. Personally I would go with a £20 LSI based HBA and flash it to IT mode, breakout cables from SAS to SATA give 4 drives per port, but they do benefit from case air flow. Also if you want 4Kn support for future drives, it’s probably advisable to spend the extra tenner on something newer and 9207 based.

Thanks didn't see your reply till now.

Yep Im aware of the sata 1, 2,and 3 speeds they are referring to. I just want to keep it simple with the pcie as opposed to your method.

Is there any reason the card or any other marvel 9215 based card won't support large HDDs?

 

[tres_kun]

The speed will be the major factor
The card is a pci express 2.0 X1
the maximum speed you will see is 400-450Mb/s on all the ports combined
Otherwise it should work

 

[kona786]

The speed will be the major factor
The card is a pci express 2.0 X1
the maximum speed you will see is 400-450Mb/s on all the ports combined
Otherwise it should work

Sound goods I only plan to have 1 or 2 mechanical drives on it. 10TB a piece. Parts ordered and I'll report back.

 

[kona786]

I went with a BEYIMEI PCIe SATA 3.0 Card, Marvell based. No issues in the end, works as intended with 1 10TB drive. It has 4 ports.