It doesnt look like this will raid controll. Do you have or know of any combo card that does both esata raid control and usb 3.0?
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1) I've never seen anything like that -- and I check regularly for USB 3 cards (and also SATA III cards). 2) It is EXTREMELY unlikely ANYONE puts out a card that will do RAID with ESATA (as opposed to internal SATA). RAID is set up under the assumption that all the disks will be treated as a single unit. I don't know of anyone who would be using EXTERNAL drives for RAID. 3) Keep in mind that this is PCIe x ONE, not 4 or 8 or 16. That means it has limited bandwidth. You MIGHT be able to find a PCIe-x1 card that can handle 2-disk MIRRORED RAID (I think that's RAID 10), but with more disks (i.e., striping as opposed to mirroring), an x1 card probably couldn't handle the throughput of modern drives. You could still read and write to the drives, but there would be no speed advantage to using multi-disk striped RAID.
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Yes, you can just use it as a regular SATA controller, you don't have to set up RAID if you don't want to. That's how I use it.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card
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Hi, yes indeed, as well as being a raid 0, 1, 5 unit this product is also a very competent JBOD (just a bunch of discs) that interfaces with your via a decent USB 3.0 port. It very (too) easily switches between those storage configurations; just don't make the mistake of switching before you've backed up your data!!
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The supplied drivers work, but you will not be able to setup a HyperDuo raid configuration. I purchased this card and was not able to setup a raid configuration with it. I purchased a 4 port IO Crest PCIe sata card and used Windows to configure two hard drives in raid. Hope this helps.
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Dear customer, thank you very much for contacting ORICO customer care team. The 6518SUS3 supports both USB3.0 and eSATA. It can work solely with eSATA. Any other doubts please feel free to contact us.
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Yes. That's exactly what I bought it for - extra ports. There is a message that pops up on booting about RAID but extra ports work as intended.
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The is the exact setup that I have. My desktop is connected via an esata port and my laptop via usb 3.0. Both are plugged into the box. All you have to do is use the interface button on the upper right of the ProBox to select which interface you want. Really simple as far as that goes. However, what is critical for the esata connection is that your sata chip supports the correct protocol. Most esata interfaces work with port multiplier capability. However, this box needs to also have support for FIS based switching protocol. If your computer doesn't support FIS switching, you can get one for about $20 to ad in to your system. There is a mediasonic I/O card that supports it and there is also the Silicon Image PCI Express Card ,SIL3132 Sata II controller with two sata ports on it. I have tried both and found that for me the Silicon Image card is easiest to install and update.
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The SATA port is only an extension of your motherboard ports. You must connect a SATA data cable from the motherboard to the card. I connected the power cable also, but I don't think this is require for the cards external eSATA to function. I have been unsuccessful in install the drivers for the USB 3.0 ports, so mine don't work. I am also using Windows 7 64-bit. Jeff
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No. This card has no RAID functionality. You need to find a card that offers RAID 1, which is drive mirroring, to do what you're looking to do.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming... » Read More the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card « Show Less
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I am not using it in a raid setup but The card is raid compatible. Check the specs. I haven't had any problems.
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There is an eSata port only. However, the unit ships with an adapter (eSata-to-USB) so that you can connect the RAID tower to a USB3 port on your computer.
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The USB 3.0 chip-set supports sATA, so, no they are internal sATA ports for expansion drives not pass through for the EsATA.
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I sincerely sorry to tell you this item could not support RAID.Also it could support USB 3.0 Host and can be used for your main storage.
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The card reader functionality requires the USB connection. The sata connection is just for the esata port.
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I have to say I haven't actually tried it with ATA100 drives. But typically an interface that will work at ATA133 will support ATA100. I note someone else said it doesn't work with ATA133 - but I am using it with ATA133 just fine. I can boot from ATA133. Please note that I have NOT used this device in RAID modes - only as an interface for PATA and SATA drives non-RAID.