The PEXSAT34RH controller card by StarTech.com is equipped with HyperDuo technology and adds 4 AHCI SATA III ports to a computer via a PCI-E slot (x2). You then have several internal 6 Gb/s connections for high-performance hard drives and SSDs.
4-Port SATA 6Gb/s PCI Express RAID Controller Card with HyperDuo
The PEXSAT34RH controller card from StarTech. com is equipped with HyperDuo technology and adds 4 AHCI SATA III ports to a computer via a PCI-E slot (x2). This gives you multiple internal 6 Gb/s connections for high-performance hard disk drives and SSDs.
HyperDuo Technology
Featuring HyperDuo technology, this SATA card provides automatic tiering of SSDs to take advantage of the performance of SSD storage, as well as the economy and high capacity of standard hard drives. The SSD/HDD combination in a single volume (up to 3 SSDs and 1 HDD), HyperDuo works unobtrusively in the background and moves frequently used files to the SSDs for improved data throughput - up to 80% of the performance of SSDs!
This card supports port multiplication, allowing up to 7 SATA drives to be connected to a single port with a single cable (up to 4 drives via MP on one port, and one drive on each of the remaining 3 ports). In addition, the SATA controller card offers an efficient hardware RAID solution with native RAID (0, 1, 1+0) support.
Key Features :
Support for SATA Rev 3.0 6.0 Gbps transfer speeds and backwards compatibility with SATA I/II at 1.5/3.0 Gbps
4 SATA III AHCI ports via PCIe x2
Automatic tiering of HyperDuo SSDs
Perfect for multi-drive internal raid storage solutions
Support for FIS-based switching and port multiplier control
Support for RAID 0, 1 and 1+0 modes
HDD/SSD/Optical/Blu-ray drive compatibility
Single-chip design with native support
LED adapters for hard drive activity LEDs
HyperDuo configuration (BIOS or GUI console for Windows)
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and ATA/ATAPI command support
Compliance with PCI Express 2.0 specifications
Supplied with a half-height/small footprint installation bracket
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General information
Product name
StarTech.com PCI-E x2 controller card (4 SATA III ports) with HyperDuo function
Purchased in duplicate several months apart, 1 in March 2021 (24 10 2022). Both cards were mounted in the same machine without any problem. I archive on 12 hard drives. I make copies and transfers with very satisfactory speeds of around 100 MB/s. To date, I have not had any file loss. So yes, I am very satisfied with the product and LDLC for the commercial part.
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by Stéphane
Posted on 2 Apr 2022
Product bought from LDLC on 25 Aug 2021
Number of reviews: 2Average rating: 1
Caution
1. Cause of data loss
Installation (under windows 11) with 1 disk: ok (average performance but acceptable).
Adding a second and third disk: ok ... until I start writing to one of the disks -> all 3 are then corrupted.
2. Archaic update system
Archaic upgrade procedure unacceptable in 2022: a whole bootable key thing to do with a non-provided tool -> a trick thought up by last century technicians who never heard of user experience ....
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by Thomas S
Posted on 9 Feb 2021
Product bought from LDLC on 30 Dec 2020
Number of reviews: 5Average rating: 6
Works on Ubuntu 20.04, but it is very very slow.
I bought this card to set up a RAID 1 under Ubuntu 20.04 with 2 Seagate BarraCuda 8Tb HDD (ST8000DM004).
To configure the card, it is indicated to press ctrl + M, but it is for a QWERTY keyboard, for an AZERTY one, you have to press ctrl + ?.
Ubuntu recognises the hard drive perfectly like any other. I was able to install it without any problem except that the performance is mediocre. When the PC does nothing, Munin indicates a latency of 80ms. And a simple apt upgrade can take tens of minutes. As a result, I only use it to store backup files. It's impossible to run an OS, a VM or an application, it's much too slow. I rollback to my RAID 1 Mdadm and its average latency is under 1ms.
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by Alexis L
Posted on 17 Dec 2020
Product bought from LDLC on 15 Dec 2017
Number of reviews: 1Average rating: 10
Handles RAIDs of disks larger than 3Gb
Allows you to bypass the limitation of Intel RAID controllers built into older motherboards for HDDs larger than 3Gb.
My server under WHS was able to reboot even though it was impossible to install directly on the motherboard RAID controller.
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by Gerard N
Posted on 4 Jan 2019
Product bought from LDLC on 24 Nov 2018
Number of reviews: 12Average rating: 9
As described
I ordered it at the end of November and received it on time as I often do with LDLC, I am very satisfied with it so far.
I have configured 2 ports in HyperDuo (1 SSD + 1 HDD) and for the moment everything is working properly and the performance is seriously improved.
No RAID configured as it is managed by the motherboard.