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SATA Host Cards come in 3 basic expansion bus formats for desktop computers, PCI, PCI-X (eXtended) and PCIe also known as PCI Express. Laptops also have three common card types available, Cardbus (PCMCIA), Express34 and Express54. It’s very important to choose the card type that fits your available slot as well as the individual card that works the best for your application and Operating System. For more information choose the appropriate card type below.
If you’re looking for a card to manage a RAID 5 or 6 stick with the Hardware RAID Controllers from 3ware or Areca. These cards are designed with an on-board CPU and RAM to manage RAID function which avoids taxing your computers resources and slowing the overall system performance.
SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) cards are becoming widely mainstream and offer some interesting storage benefits. By using an enclosure with a built in expander a SAS card based storage system can be grown to huge capabilities by daisy chaining hardware RAIDs controlled by that single SAS controller. SAS is the most efficient direct attached storage for huge storage needs.
If you have any question of which card will work in your computer or application please check out our "SATA Host Card Guide" or give us a call. 1-208-983-2555
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