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Reddit mentions of CTYRZCH (TM) 4 Ports SATA Serial ATA PCI RAID Adaptor Controller Card with TWO SATA Date Cables
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of CTYRZCH (TM) 4 Ports SATA Serial ATA PCI RAID Adaptor Controller Card with TWO SATA Date Cables. Here are the top ones.
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The card uses the SIL3114 chipset and will work in a 32-bit 66 MHz PCI busAs long as you have an open PCI slot you can add this adapter card which gives you four SATA-I (1.5 Gbps) ports, so you can use the newer drivesYou can have one RAID 0 or 1 setup and two independent SATA drives two RAID 0 or 1 sets or a single RAID 0+1 setThe card comes with an optional RAID utility, which let you configure a RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 setup on two or more of the SATA portsIncrease four independent SATA-I ports to your PCI equipped computer and enjoy the benefits of the optional software RAID configuration for faster speed and data security with this adapter card
Specs:
| Height | 2.01 Inches |
| Length | 2.48 Inches |
| Weight | 0.26875 Pounds |
| Width | 0.46 Inches |
You could get a SAS raidcard and cables all for ~$27 on amazon. that would give you 8 ports with those cables and if you wanted you could use a SAS expander cable to get more.
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Get a $20 4 port SATA raidcard and go with that.
FYI you can plug a SATA hard drive into a SAS raidcard just not the other way around just like how you can fit a small box inside a bix box but not the other way around.
My reccomendation would be to get the SAS raidcard so you have a little expansion room if you want more drives.
I tested my server by adding 1080p transcoding streams one at a time while monitoring the system resources. I found that when I reached 4 simultaneous streams, my memory utilization was at 88% of 8GB while the AMD FX-8350 CPU was at 56% utilization. My guess is that you will run out of RAM before you run out of CPU. I would look at increasing your RAM to 8GB or higher before anything else.
As you mentioned additional storage will always be an issue as your system grows. While most Motherboards will only support 4 to 6 SATA ports, if your case size permits, look at adding a SATA card to your system for additional ports. My Motherboard currently has 6 ports plus the four additional provided by my SATA card.