StarTech 2 Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card

From enhancing your computer's storage capacity to boosting its overall speed, the PEXMSATA3422 PCI Express SATA Card is an essential tool for any tech-savvy user. This high-performance card offers multiple 6 Gbps SATA connections, allowing you to connect high-performance SSDs (Solid State Drives) and hard drives in a HyperDuo RAID array. With the ability to add two mSATA slots and two SATA III ports to your computer through a single PCIe x4 slot, this card is a powerhouse of functionality. It supports HyperDuo SSD auto-tiering, a feature that seamlessly merges SSD performance with HDD capacity, giving you the best of both worlds. The PEXMSATA3422 PCI Express SATA Card is fully compliant with SATA 3.0 specifications and is backward compatible with SATA I/II (1.5/3.0Gbps) drives. It supports hardware RAID 0 and 1 modes, and is compliant with PCI Express 2.0 standards. For ease of use, this card offers simple HyperDuo configuration via card BIOS or an intuitive GUI console (Windows only). It supports the TRIM command with compatible SSD and Operating System, as well as Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and ATA/ATAPI commands. The card comes with on-board latching mSATA slots, allowing for easy SSD installation with no screws required. It is configured with a standard profile bracket and includes a low-profile/half-height bracket for installation in small form-factor computers. Featuring HyperDuo technology, this SATA card offers SSD auto-tiering, balancing the performance advantages of SSD storage with the cost-effectiveness and large capacity of standard hard drives. By combining SSD and HDD drives into a single volume (up to 3 SSD + 1 HDD), HyperDuo works in the background to identify and move frequently accessed files to the faster SSD drive(s) for improved data throughput - up to 80% of SSD performance! This versatile RAID controller card helps to relieve the internal space constraints often associated with multi-drive configurations by allowing you to install two mSATA SSDs directly to the card via convenient, latching slots. With dual mSATA slots, as well as two internal SATA ports, the card offers an effective hardware RAID solution, with native RAID (0, 1) support. The PCIe SATA controller also offers Port Multiplier (PM) support, so you can connect multiple SATA drives to just one port, for a total of 7 drives (up to 4 drives through PM on one port, plus a single drive to the other SATA port and two mSATA slots). Whether you're looking to optimize your system for I/O intensive applications such as office suites, photo/video editing, and media players, or you need to upgrade an older PCIe-based system to SATA 6Gbps capability to better utilize faster SATA drives, the PEXMSATA3422 PCI Express SATA Card is the perfect solution. Please note: The HyperDuo automatic storage tiering feature is compatible with computers that use a BIOS. The maximum throughput of this card is limited by the bus interface. 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.