(OT) PCI to SATA card with 4 external ports?

Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..

does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
only some with 2 internal and 2 external.

thanks



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Oh I must add that I dont want anything spectacular..
no raid and stuff.. I just want to connect 4 external hard drives that are
in enclosures (that support sata of course)



"steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
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> Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>
> does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
> only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>
> thanks
>
>
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Aren't you the guy who thinks Vista is crap? Why not wipe your system clean
and install Ubuntu. That way you won't need a PCI to SATA card because
with Ubuntu you won't be able to do much anyway so no need for anything else
to add to your system.


"steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
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> Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>
> does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
> only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>
> thanks
>
>
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"steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
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> Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>
> does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
> only some with 2 internal and 2 external.


Yeah, seem to be lots from a Google search.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...4%2dport+eSATA

Remember to get a PCIe one, as there seem to be ones for 64-bit PCI-X slots
as well, and you are unlikely to have those slots unless you have a server,
high-end workstation or Apple PowerMac.

ss.

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0300, "steve sonsino"
<> wrote:

>Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>
>does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
>only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>
>thanks

Wow, that took me less time then it must have you to type in a Google
search.

http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata...-port-raid.htm

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0300, "steve sonsino"
> <> wrote:
>
>>Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>>
>>does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have seen
>>only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>>
>>thanks
>
> Wow, that took me less time then it must have you to type in a Google
> search.
>
> http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata...-port-raid.htm
>

Hey Adam. That card is a 64-bit PCI-X one. Very unlikely that this guy has
one of those slots, if he never mentioned he wanted one like that. He most
probably needs a PCIe (PCI-E) one. (I doubt legacy PCI will have enough
bandwidth)

ss.

I've seen PCI-e and PCI-x with 4 external, but not PCI.

"steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
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> Oh I must add that I dont want anything spectacular..
> no raid and stuff.. I just want to connect 4 external hard drives that are
> in enclosures (that support sata of course)
>
>
>
> "steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
> news:46e95183$0$16382$.. .
>> Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>>
>> does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have
>> seen only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>>
>> thanks
>>
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"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
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> I've seen PCI-e and PCI-x with 4 external, but not PCI.


PCI-X cards can fit into PCI slots, usually, but work at the slower speed.
A card like this would need a lot of bandwidth.

ss.

PCI not PCI e

How slow will this be? it will be far faster than USB2 right?

I want something simple that I can plug in external hard drives so it will
work faster than USB2

This is a kinda old comptuer of a friend
it only has PCI

USB2 with 500gb drives will be slow and I was thinking of using an external
SATA drive with a PCI card...


I can use a simple PCI that has 2 internal and 2 external SATAand run cables
from inside towards outside of the box cant I?


"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0300, "steve sonsino"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>>>
>>>does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have
>>>seen
>>>only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>>>
>>>thanks
>>
>> Wow, that took me less time then it must have you to type in a Google
>> search.
>>
>> http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata...-port-raid.htm
>>
>
> Hey Adam. That card is a 64-bit PCI-X one. Very unlikely that this guy
> has one of those slots, if he never mentioned he wanted one like that. He
> most probably needs a PCIe (PCI-E) one. (I doubt legacy PCI will have
> enough bandwidth)
>
> ss.
>



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Firewire is faster than USB2. Are you sure your PCI bus won't be a
hindrance, anyway?


"steve sonsino" <> wrote in message
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> PCI not PCI e
>
> How slow will this be? it will be far faster than USB2 right?
>
> I want something simple that I can plug in external hard drives so it will
> work faster than USB2
>
> This is a kinda old comptuer of a friend
> it only has PCI
>
> USB2 with 500gb drives will be slow and I was thinking of using an
> external SATA drive with a PCI card...
>
>
> I can use a simple PCI that has 2 internal and 2 external SATAand run
> cables from inside towards outside of the box cant I?
>
>
> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> "Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0300, "steve sonsino"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Sorry guys this is (OT) here but I need to find something fast..
>>>>
>>>>does anyone know a pci to sata card that has 4 external ports? I have
>>>>seen
>>>>only some with 2 internal and 2 external.
>>>>
>>>>thanks
>>>
>>> Wow, that took me less time then it must have you to type in a Google
>>> search.
>>>
>>> http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata...-port-raid.htm
>>>
>>
>> Hey Adam. That card is a 64-bit PCI-X one. Very unlikely that this guy
>> has one of those slots, if he never mentioned he wanted one like that.
>> He most probably needs a PCIe (PCI-E) one. (I doubt legacy PCI will have
>> enough bandwidth)
>>
>> ss.
>>
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