Question 1

Will this work with my current ASUS p8z77ws motherboard?  I have the right slots of course I just need to know if it is compatible with the bios?   If not what cards would you recommend?  I am looking for something to do a 4 drive raid 10 array and want to have a BBU.  I will need at least 12 GB/s  (1.5gb/s per lane) to take full advantage of my hard drives.  I am planning on using four 1tb WD red drives.

Accepted Answer

This card is just a host-bus adapter, not really a RAID controller, so it doesn't have a corresponding BBU for it.  I don't know if it will work on that motherboard, though, as I've only used these cards in enterprise-class servers so far.

Question 2

What kind of cables will I need to purchase in order to connect 8 SATA hard drives?

Thank you,

Joel Breger 
joel  breger  net

Accepted Answer

A pair of 8087-to-SATA fanout cables; each cable supports 4 drives.  Newegg sells them (their system will not permit me to link back to the listing)

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