Re: [ILUG-BOM] [HW] pci express SATA II add on cards

Arun Khan wrote:

On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009, Rony wrote:

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I have installed 2 via chipset (so called raid controllers) pci to sata cards and they autodetect fine on linux. Don't know about pciex. The cards I used cost about 10$ at Lam. Rd.

Thanks and yes, I have seen them @ Rs. 300 each. Some of them even have an external SATA port for external disks. However, they are keyed for 5V pci connectors. On my server motherboard, the pci connectors are keyed for 3.3V and both are in use (SCSI and additional NIC). A couple of PCI Express connectors not in use and hence the query.

I didn't know that PCI standard voltages varied. PCIe should give you higher speeds too.