Startech 2P6GR-PCIE-SATA-CARD Sata III 6Gbps PCie X2 Expansion Adapter Card Converter - 2-Port Sata 3 - Raid 0

Used this to create a raid 1 ssd drive mirror for a small file server we put in a small office. Works like a charm and gives us peace of mind that beside regular backups the data is being protected with a redundant drive.

The RAID function did not work with my MBO!!! It mounted as a standard SATA interface. It never presented RAID setup at boot. Return window passed, so possibly I will try on another system. May work on something else.

This product is NOT COMPATIBLE with Newer Intel motherboards with 10th gen processors. Tech support was not helpful. They said to return the other model and order this one. NEITHER are compatible. Being IT person, I found a different solution after confirming the lack of compatibility. To add insult to injury, Amazon wanted to keep $12 from the refund but I fought them. I have previously received excellent Startech products with high compatibility and backed by Amazon's return policy. But that seems to no longer be the case. This experience results in crossing Startech off my list of preferred vendors.

While their is no issue with the card do double check that you have the appropriate PCI slot in your computer. I guess I looked right over it initially, but this is a PCIE X2 card, not a PCIEX1. Once I realized the size difference, I went back and did not find anything about the PCIe slot size until I got down under features and details. Wow that is my own mistake. Just be aware of that in the advertising.

Easy to setup. Working very well

RAID設定画面がマザーボードの動作モードによっては表示されないことがあります。 一手間かかりますが、動作モードを切り換えて設定し、再度動作モードを元に戻せば、 問題なく使用できました。動作モードに関しては、マザーボードの取説やメーカーの サイトで確認してください。

Lo que más me ha gustado, ha sido la rapidez de entrega... Pedido a las 10:00 (aprox) Entregado el mismo dia a las 16:30.

Good addition to add SATA 3 ports to older systems. Raid setup (0 or 1 mode) only gives marginal extra speeds with HDD. Did not test Raid with SSD. A single SSD will outperform a pair of HDD in Raid on this controller. With HDD, controller worked just fine in plain or Raid mode. When I changed to a single SSD, got lots of hangups and "storahci" timeout errors (system hang/lockup). I researched my mobo and discovered I was sharing PCI-E interrupts with add-on PCI-E video card. I moved controller to other PCI-Ex16 slot, and all problems went away (different interrupt). Could now use SSD with this controller. Works well in fact. Since this controller has a BIOS, any drive on it can be set as bootable. I have Win10 running on the SSD on this controller. Reason is probably the number of IOPS of HDD vs SSD (couple hundred to 1000 vs 40,000+ for SSD). Each of those IOPS probably generates an interrupt. HDD just does not flood the PCI-E bus all that much, but SSD does. Moral of story is, check your mobo PCI-E slots to see which are sharing interrupts with which other slot. If you don't have a manual to check, and if you have problems with a SSD on this controller, move it to another PCI-E slot.

Card was to wide for my PC. Had to many connections on the card and would not fit into my pcie slot. Sent the card back. Was not anything wrong with the card as far as i know, but the motherboard i have is a newer MSI so the card would not fit. Changes in the slots that i was not aware of before ordering the card.