StarTech.com 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller Adapter Card (PCISATA4R1)

Quicklinx:	3ZRJWS00
Mfr#:	PCISATA4R1

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Description

The PCISATA4R1 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller lets you add four internal SATA 1.0 (1.5 Gbps) ports to your PC through a single PCI expansion slot, while offering support for several RAID modes or a simple JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) configuration.

The PCI SATA card provides increased performance and capacity with RAID 0 (Striping), or a redundant copy of your hard drive with RAID 1 (Mirroring). Configuring in RAID 10 (a.k.a. RAID 0+1) lets you leverage both by creating a mirrored copy of your striped disk set. Plus, the SATA RAID card supports RAID 1+S (Mirror + Spare), which uses a third installed drive to automatically replace a failed drive and rebuild the mirrored set - even if it is the boot drive that failed.

For the ability to fit most standard computer cases, the card ships with a standard profile bracket installed and includes a low profile bracket for adapting to slimline or small form factor systems.

While the PCISATA4R1 card supports any size hard drive in JBOD mode, the max supported drive size when in RAID mode is 2 TB (per port).

Specifications

Summary

Product Description: StarTech.com 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller Adapter Card - storage controller (RAID) - SATA 1.5Gb/s - PCI-X

Device Type: Storage controller (RAID) - plug-in card

Bus Type: PCI-X

Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/s

Data Transfer Rate: 1.5 Gbit/s

Supported Devices: Hard drive, disk array (RAID)

Channel Qty: 4

RAID Level: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, JBOD, RAID 0+1

System Requirements: Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows XP (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bits), Windows 8 (32/64 bits), Windows 10 (32/64 bits)

Dimensions (WxDxH): 4.5 cm x 12 cm x 2.2 cm

Weight: 46 g

Manufacturer Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty

Designed For: P/N: SATSASBAY3BK, ST521PMINT

Detailed Specification

General

Device Type: Storage controller (RAID) - plug-in card

Host Bus: PCI-X

Storage Controller

Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/s

Data Transfer Rate: 1.5 Gbit/s

Supported Devices: Hard drive, disk array (RAID)

Channel Qty: 4

RAID Level: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, JBOD, RAID 0+1

Expansion / Connectivity

Interfaces: 4 x SATA 1.5Gb/s - SATA (internal)

Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI-X

Miscellaneous

Compliant Standards: CSA, UL, TUV, CB

Software / System Requirements

OS Required: Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows XP (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bits), Windows 8 (32/64 bits), Windows 10 (32/64 bits)

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support: Limited warranty - lifetime

Dimensions & Weight

Width: 4.5 cm

Depth: 12 cm

Height: 2.2 cm

Weight: 46 g

Compatibility Information

Designed For: P/N: SATSASBAY3BK, ST521PMINT

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Customer reviews

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Might Save Someone Time ...

By Alan T.
Posted 06/04/2007

Not explicitly stated in the DABS summary of this product, I had to go looking on the StarTech site - so just in case someone else passes this way looking for this info .... Yes! you can just run your 4 SATA drives in JBOD mode (i.e. each drive stays separate). With one of these, and four 750GB SATA drives (see such a drive at quick linx 42L2WS) you could build a i/o subsystem that would provide the better part of 3 Terabytes (3000 Gbytes) with very good performance, for around £700!

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Does what it says on the box, not the reviews

By Anonymous
Posted 11/12/2007

Great little card, however contrary to some of the reviews, note that it doesn't support RAID 5. I have downloaded the relevant BIOS update and drivers from the Silicon Image website, however windows doesn't allow the install of the drivers (I choose to update the driver for the card, and the RAID5 driver doesn't even appear in the list of options), nor does it allow the update of the card's BIOS through the control panel or the device manager (as described in the SI manual). So while it is an SiI3114 according to device manager, don't buy this expecting to be able to upgrade it to support RAID 5 (at least in hardware). This appears to be different from the dabs value card, which people have said has been successfully updated to support RAID 5.

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Just works under Ubuntu Gutsy

By Jim.
Posted 12/09/2008

Much easier than I was expecting. I'm running Ubuntu server 7.10 on an ancient 32 bit Athlon, Abit mobo with no SATA support - this card was detected by the kernel at first boot and presented my new drive on /dev/sda. Ten minute job, no pain whatsoever - penguin fans take note.

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