It integrates six independent SATA channels, and a micro-processor. With proper setting the chip can be configured as a 1 to 5-ports SATA II Port Multiplier, or a 5 to 1-port SATA II Port Selector. Based on JMB321 single chip. JMB321 contains 15 GPIOs which can be configured as various standard interfaces. It also has the capability to load external firmware code to extend its functionality.
R**Y
all seems to work fine. May or may not have a bad port ...
Works ok. Speeds are meh. Disk show up individually in the BIOS and in Windows Server 2012 as expected. I was able to get the host card to crash a few times while mucking around with the settings of drives attached to this board, but thats probably the host cards fault. Rock solid performance if I dont mess with the host. Hard reboots, power failures, moving the case around.. all seems to work fine. May or may not have a bad port on it, but since I run horrible drives off this thing (random WD Greens, Seagates, Laptop Drives, SSDs, etc) I am not sure if it was a bad drive or bad port.As a JBOD array for a home windows storage pool, it works great.
L**G
Only when connecting to PM compatible controller
The product description on Amazon: "Supports PM Aware and Non-PM Aware Host"The product "manual" in the box: "Note: Purchase products [sic], please make sure your computer has PM features. If this controller card is connected to a SATA port that does not support PM features. you will only see 1 disk in the operating system."Both download manual links on the product web site are broken as are the links to report broken links. I did send an email to Support and they replied same day with a new link for the "manual" (half the size of one toilet paper square). I asked for the other document "PM multiplier.txt" too but they never replied.
B**Y
Buy the other PCI Expess card!
The power connection broke off the board because of the force I needed to install it. A brand new hard drive showed up but now it does not. And this is ALL after the time frame I san return the product.
A**R
1 out of 4 was bad and corrupted files, can't return apparently!
Bought 4 of these, took 32 days to troubleshoot my complex system 20xHDDs + 4 port multipliers to determine 1 of these cards is bad. Now, since it took 2 days past the 30 day return policy, I am stuck with this paper weight. Awesome.
G**N
DID NOT WORK IN A DELL
DID NOT WORK IN A DELL
P**M
do not buy this if you are expecting to multiply your sata
did not work
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