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Dell PowerEdge 2800 PCI-X SATA II / III card

I purchased a 450mb/s Kingston SSD Now 300V that I need to install in my PE 2800 but the server does not have any SATA connections. I've done some searching and I am having a difficult time finding a PCI-X SATA II card. Ideally it would be SATA III to maximize the 450mb/s of the drive but I would be happy with SATA II's 300 mb/s.

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David

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PCI-X is an old, discontinued connection ... I don't see any SATA III cards - I think you'll be lucky enough to find a SATA II controller. While the PCI-X spec seems to offer enough bandwidth/throughput to support SATA III, there are probably few enough server manufacturers shipping servers with PCI-X slots recently enough (since I doubt any have shipped any servers with them for 5-6 years) for that to be a valuable market for controller manufacturers.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/856/highpoint_rocketraid_2220_pci_x_sata_ii_controller/index.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007607%20600022729%20600022627&IsNodeId=1&name=SATA%20II%20%283.0Gb%2fs%29&ShowDeactivatedMark=False

Also, the one you linked to in your last post should work as well. Just remember that no SAS/SATA controllers are supported in the 2800, so there is no guarantee they will work as one might expect.

Good luck.

pgm554

http://www.coastalmicrosupply.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=2667

David

#a39548705 answered the question first.