Marvell HyperDuo technology combines solid state drive (SSD) speed and SATA HD capacity in a way it forms an ultimate high performance, cost effective and large storage system. SATA ports support Port Multiplying. PCI-e SATA RAID Controller Card, Driver CD, User Manual, LED Cable (12").
All ports support SMART.Notes: Does not support Hardware RAID using Port Multiplier, Support 3TB and 4TB GPT Hard drives, Only maximum of 4 SATA ports can be used. Adjust Jumper settings to switch between the eSATA and internal SATA ports, Does not support more than 4 Drives for Linux and Mac OS. Even if used with a port multiplier, max drives accepted is 4 drives, When first connecting this device, you must immediately change the motherboard boot settings to boot to the HDD with the OS. Otherwise, it will keep booting to the HDDs connected to this card, External and internal SATA ports support True Port Multiplier (Able to see all individual drives), To setup HyperDuo mode, please keep pressing Ctrl-M after computer powerswitch is on. For some motherboards, during the boot up, user might not be able to see the HyperDuo setup screen prompt.Marvell utility does not support JBOD, however you can setup JBOD using Disk Management utilities.The card slots into an x4 lane however the interface in limited to x2 specifications.
Serial-ATA Interface: Bootable, Changeable SATA 6.0Gbps Ports (Internally, Externally or Their Combination), Up to 4 SATA Devices with Point-to-point Connectivity, Compliant with Serial-ATA Specification 3.0, Supports Hardware RAID 0, 1, and 10, HyperDuo Mode Supports Safe Mode (Mirrored Protection) and Capacity Mode (Cost-Optimized) to Build a System with SSD and HDD Hybrid, Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ), FIS Based Port Multiplier, Supports SATA Port Hot-plug, Supports AHCI.
PCI-e x4 Slot is Required. (It works with a x16 video slot too), Based on Marvell 88SE9230 Chipset.
Unique Hard Drive Activity LED Indicator Circuit Design: The LED Blinks for Read/Write Activity.
2-lane PCI-Express 2.0 Interface, Compliant with PCI-Express 2.0 Base Specification.