PCI-E SATA Controller
i'm trying to find a SATA Controller that has a PCI-E connecction of at least 4x, and has also at least 4 channels for SATA disks. I need it to make a real raid 5 system, the fakeraid on my motherboard is absolutely crap.
Solution 1:
Are you looking for something like this?
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie341.htm
ARC-1210 (4 ports, raid 5 and 6).
ARC-1260 (16 ports, raid 5 and 6).
Solution 2:
3Ware makes a number of these in varying configurations. I've had several of their cards before, and I've like them very much. I've not bought a new one in a while, though -- the last one was 64-bit PCI. I've never had one of their PCIE cards.
Newegg carries many of these: http://www.newegg.com/