hba card 4 and more sata ports?

[phier]

hello,
i can see that on ebay there are plenty intal HBAs with 2x sata sold from china, are these cards genuine? Also does exist cards with 3-4 ports per one card? I have only 2 PCie slots avail.

thanks

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[NugentS]

The -16i cards are available, but tend to cost a lot more.

 

[phier]

ah i see so that card is basically 8x sata/sas

 

[Etorix]

hello,
i can see that on ebay there are plenty intal HBAs with 2x sata sold from china, are these cards genuine?

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