IO Crest 8 Port SATA III Non-RAID PCI-e x4 Controller Card Supports FreeNAS and ZFS RAID - Includes Mini SAS to SATA Breack out Cables

• Using a ASM1806 PCIe bridge elimate the need for a Port Multiper when combining the Dual Marvell 9215 Chipset allowing to reach maximum bandwidth per port
• Compliant with PCI-Ecpress Specification v2.0 and backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.x
• Supports Communication Speeds: 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, 1.5 Gbps
• Support Native Command Queue (NCQ). Support Hot plug and Hot Swap
• Supports AHCI 1.0 programming interface registers for the SATA controller

The SI-PEX40137 8-Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA Controller Card adds 8 AHCI SATA III ports to a computer through a PCIe x4 or larger slot, delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections for high-performance hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs). The SI-PEX40137 uses two Marvell 9215 that can be used for embedded platform applications such as home NAS/media servers, DVR/NVR and set-top boxes, or vendors can develop their own software RAID boxes with FreeNAS. This PCIe SATA 6gbps card is backed by a 3-year sybausa.com warranty and free lifetime technical support.