I am in need of a PCI sata 3.0 controller card. Right now I have 3 250gig 3.0's and 1 120gig 1.5. I am wanting to make my 120gig as my C drive and the other 3 make a RAID where one acts like a mirror drive of the others. My motherboard only has 2 sata connectors so I need a controller card for the other two. This is the first raid I have wanted to put together and I am not sure how to do it or what controller card I need.
newegg.com and tigerdirect.com are two good online computer stores, they probably have PCI SATA cards, if not try pricewatch.com and search for your card, and it will find the cheapest online store that carries them.
I searched newegg but all I could find was for sata 1.5 drives and I believe my google searches lead me to tigerdirect and I wasn't able to find 3.0's with 3 ports either.
I did a pricegrabber search and it found quite a few drives but none of the 3.0's were 3 port (that I saw anyway). I saw alot of 2,4,6,8 but no 3 ports.
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I think I will just go with the 4 port. Where can I find some good info about creating a raid with 3 drives? I am going to be able to make the 3rd drive a mirror of the other two or can you only make a mirror of 1 drive to another? This is my first time making a raid and mirroring.
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
