SATA Splitting

coops1992 · 11 Nov 2013 at 11:46

Hello.

My motherboard for my home server only has 4 SATA ports and I need to add 2 new hard drives for RAID 1 at reliable low cost.

Can anyone recomend a good SATA/PCI expansion card or know if you can get SATA splitters? A bit like the old IDE ribbon cables where you could have 2 IDE devices on the one ribbon.

Thanks
Coops1992

DaleTheWhale · 11 Nov 2013 at 11:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x Startech 2-Port SATA III 6Gbps PCI-Express Controller Card (PEXSAT32) £27.95
Total : £31.86 (includes shipping : £3.26).

This should work nicely.

coops1992 · 11 Nov 2013 at 11:57

Thanks. Do the ribbon/cables work/exist?

Jasseh · 11 Nov 2013 at 12:17

coops1992 said:
Thanks. Do the ribbon/cables work/exist?

No, there is no Master/Slave for Sata, each device requires a seperate cable and port.