PCIS-50 PCI controller 4x SATA RAID

The AXAGON PCIS-50 PCI controller extends your desktop PC by four independent internal SATA channels.

The controller can configure the disk array not only in common RAID 0, 1 and 10 modes, but also in more efficient RAID 5 mode.

The chipset by the US company Silicon Image guarantees seamless compatibility, boot support, and Hot Plug support for connecting and disconnecting SATA devices while running.

Input:  
• PCI interface revision 2.3, 32-bit, 33/66 MHz.
• Compatible with PCI buses revisions 2.2 and 2.1.
• Supports power supply 3.3V and 5V.

Output:
• 4x independent Serial ATA port, SATA I standard.
• Output to four internal SATA connectors.
• Supports all SATA I / SATA II / SATA III optical drives, SSDs and hard disks of all capacities.
• Disk arrays RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.

Other features:
• Full Plug and Play support.
• Four independent bus master DMA channels with 256B FIFO memory for each channel.
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification (SATA/150), transmission rates of up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s).
• Hot Plug support for connecting and disconnecting SATA devices while running.
• The controller has its own BIOS - therefore it supports booting from connected disks.
• 2-pin socket for connecting HDD LED indicator light of the case.
• Silicon Image SiI3114 chipset is used.

Configuration of SATA disk array in RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 modes: 
• RAID 0 (stripping) - lower security but higher performance thanks to alternating multiple disk writing, min. 2 disks are needed.
• RAID 1 (mirroring) - increased security by writing identical data to two HDDs, min. 2 disks are needed.
• RAID 5 (distributed parity RAID) - increased security and increase transmission rate, min. 3 disks are needed.
• RAID 10 (mirroring+stripping) - combination of stripping and mirroring, fast and safe, less economic, min. 4 disks are needed.
• JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) - a virtual disk combining all connected disks into a single one.
• Option to configure RAID arrays from disks of different capacities.
• Supports simultaneous coexistence of disks configured in the RAID array and separate disks.
• Supports Hot Spare disk.
• The configuration of the RAID array is done in the BIOS of the controller or in the Windows application SATARAID Manager *
(* SATARAID Manager app is not compatible with Windows 7, Server 2012 and later - the reason is the end of app support from the chipset manufacturer).

Supported operating systems:
• MS Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 and later, Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2012 / 2016 and later (supported are all 32 and 64-bit Windows OS versions), Linux with kernel 2.6.x and above.

Package contains:
• PCI controller,
• 2x SATA data cable 50 cm,
• CD with drivers,
• printed installation guide in English, Czech, Slovak and Polish,
• packed in a cardboard box.