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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
Featuring 2 internal SATA2 ports, the Rosewill RC-211 controller card provides a simple, straightforward way to add more expansion to your system. Using a PCI-Express x1 interface you can now use that tiny slot on your motherboard for something besides gathering dust. Also supported is RAID 0, and RAID 1 to enhance data access and control. Compliant with the Serial ATA 2 specification, the RC-211 will handle most SATA devices -- just make sure the device you are adding is compatible. If the hard drives are SATA2, the RC-211 will deliver high speed transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps.
Support for NCQ (Native Command Queue) enhances hard drive performance. Whether you have a tower case or a low profile desktop chassis, the RC-211 can be used by installing the optional low profile bracket. Last but not least, the RC-211 includes drivers for most Windows operating systems including Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003.
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: Pci express - Aside from being able to make use of a slot most modern systems sport, it provides better bandwidth than standard PCI. Small form factor - The card is very small, the pictures don't do it justice. The small size easily makes it easy for smaller systems such as SFF boxes, rackmount servers, or really any box where smaller cards and tidy cables can be seen as an advantage. Affordable - Most pci express 1x cards are pretty expensive in comparison to standard pci alternatives but you'll find this solution to be just on par with other solutions. Compatible - The drivers listed on the site are compliant with all modern versions of windows, including server 2003, XP pro 64 bit and so on. Quality - The SI controller is fairly modern and provides decent RAID support for its price range, and it is SATA II compliant, as well as backwards compatible with SATA 150 drives.
Cons: Minimal expansion - With only 2 ports its really a rather weak product only suited to certain users. A 4 port version would certainly be worth paying more for.
Other Thoughts: I recently bought a new motherboard based on the 965P chipset with the ICH8 south bridge. The ICH8 has no RAID support, only the more expensive ICH8R does. So anyone not willing to spend premium prices on their boards will have to find other solutions to handle their RAID needs. For my workstation I needed to use RAID 0 to aid in my video editing and found this card to fit my needs perfectly.
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Even better than expected
Reviewed By: kb7ea on 11/1/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Everything worked perfectly, with no data lost as far as I can tell. I set up a RAID 1, and had one drive full of data and one new but formated. The Software is better than the manual that I downloaded but reading the manual ahead of time was a plus. The one that comes with the box is printed too small for me anyway.
Cons: I did have to buy two new SATA cables, because the one I had was too short and the new drive came without one.
Other Thoughts: I wish everytning was this easy.
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: 1. Newegg's extremely fast shipping! 2. Went into my WHS with no issues. 3. Windows went ahead and download the most up-to-date drivers online for me (went to device manager). 4. Was able to add 2 1TB drives with ease!
Cons: Make it a 4 SATA 2 Port card?
Other Thoughts: Newegg is awesome! Would recommend this card if you building a WHS and need a couple of extra SATA II ports.
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Great for Win7 old Asus boards
Reviewed By: Chris98vf on 1/27/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Works in Windows 7 64 bit with Vista drivers, easy install, opens SATA back up for the no longer supported SLI chipset that Asus and many other mbd manufactures kicked to the curb a while back. Cheap!
Cons: No Official Win7 drivers yet, but that's minor. Only 2 SATA connectors but then again it was cheap.
Other Thoughts: This is perfect for a comp that is still new but not new enough. Stupid companies that drop 2 year old tech...
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Epic Fail
Reviewed By: Shadz on 1/24/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Quick install Recognized by W7 Pro x64
Cons: Default BIOS position slows down boot-up; it can be disabled if you're just going to do JBOD
Having the SATA ports point upwards is a bit annoying for proper cable routing - having them point towards the HD cage(s) would be a lot easier
Kills transfers within 2 minutes. Scandisk cannot run successfully. Hangs computer when you try to reset it
Not recommended.
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Chipset: Silicon Image SiI 3132 48 bits LBA can Break Capacity-Limit to Support HDD larger than 137GB Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express Hot-plug capability Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications Supports two independent Serial ATA channels Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ) Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port Two Pin headers on board for LED connection JBOD is a virtual disk that combines all disk drives as one entire disk drive Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to multiple drives Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on 2 drives RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
Introduction
Featuring 2 internal SATA2 ports, the Rosewill RC-211 controller card provides a simple, straightforward way to add more expansion to your system. Using a PCI-Express x1 interface you can now use that tiny slot on your motherboard for something besides gathering dust. Also supported is RAID 0, and RAID 1 to enhance data access and control. Compliant with the Serial ATA 2 specification, the RC-211 will handle most SATA devices -- just make sure the device you are adding is compatible. If the hard drives are SATA2, the RC-211 will deliver high speed transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps.
Support for NCQ (Native Command Queue) enhances hard drive performance. Whether you have a tower case or a low profile desktop chassis, the RC-211 can be used by installing the optional low profile bracket. Last but not least, the RC-211 includes drivers for most Windows operating systems including Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003.
Highlights
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s with RAID The revolutionary Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface provides scalable performance for storage devices. SATA technology enables easy-to-install, high-performance and low-power hard drives. Two SATA ports support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD for better performance and reliability.
PCI Express x1 Interface The PCI Express x1 interface provides 2.5 Gb/s throughput and full-duplex operation for enhanced performance.
Reviewed By: Steve McDonald on 11/12/2006
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
