arTech PEXSAT34RH User Manual

4 Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID
Controller Card with HyperDuo SSD Tiering

Product ID: PEXSAT34RH

The PEXSAT34RH 4-Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA Controller Card with HyperDuo adds 4 AHCI SATA III ports

to a computer through a PCIe slot (x2), delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections for high-

performance hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).

Featuring HyperDuo technology, the SATA card offers SSD auto-tiering which lets you balance the

performance advantages of SSD storage with the cost-effectiveness and large capacity of standard hard

drives. By combining SSD and HDD drives into a single volume (up to 3 SSD + 1 HDD), HyperDuo

discreetly works in the background to identify and move frequently accessed files to the faster SSD

drive(s) for improved data throughput - up to 80% of SSD performance! (Note: The HyperDuo automatic

storage tiering feature is compatible with computers that use a BIOS.)

The PCIe SATA controller card supports Port Multiplier (PM), enabling multiple SATA drives to be

connected to one port over a single cable, for a total of 7 drives (Up to 4 drives through PM on one port,

and a single drive to the remaining 3 ports). Plus, the SATA controller card offers an effective hardware

RAID solution, with native RAID (0, 1, 1+0) support.

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Throughput Benchmark

Drive configuration Throughput Drive size

1 x HDD 112.81 MB/s 2 TB

1 x SSD 490.28 MB/S 120 GB

1 x HDD + 1 x SSD HyperDuo (Safe Mode) 489.28 MB/s 2 TB

1 x HDD + 2 x SSD HyperDuo (Safe Mode) 715.13 MB/s 2 TB

Drives Used:

SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 Series 2.5” 120 GB (VTX3-25SAT3-120G)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5” 2 TB (WD20EARS)

Software Used:

IO Meter, 256KB Sequential Read, queue depth = 10

This PCIe SATA 6gbps card is backed by a 2-year StarTech.com warranty and free lifetime technical

support.

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