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Folks, I have a mobo that has an Intel RAID Controller and 4 internal SATA ports. It is a Sony VGC-RC210G Computer which I modded a little since 2006 purchase. Not sure what type of SATA these ports are, as in SATA I or II. My 2 optical drives are IDE. I would like to replace these drives (Sony's OEM Pioneer burner is broke, doesn't burn anymore) with SATA drives but all my internal SATA ports are taken, I have 4 HDDs. Also I have an external HDD that has an eSATA port.
I went on Newegg and looked at some "SATA cards" as I have 1 PCIx1 port available. I was disappointed not being able to find a quality card. These cards I found on Newegg did not have many ports, or they didn't support "optical drives" per user reviews. There was one that had 4 internal and 2 external ports supported either or, you could not connect internal and external sources at the same time. That one didn't do optical either.
What I am trying to do is to connect two new SATA optical drives (one Blu-ray) and my external Seagate HDD through one SATA card.
What are my options? Should I get a RAID Controller and transfer the internal HDDs to the add-on RAID and connect Optical Drives to the built-in SATA ports? Would that work? Can you have 2 RAID controllers in one system?
I went on Newegg and looked at some "SATA cards" as I have 1 PCIx1 port available. I was disappointed not being able to find a quality card. These cards I found on Newegg did not have many ports, or they didn't support "optical drives" per user reviews. There was one that had 4 internal and 2 external ports supported either or, you could not connect internal and external sources at the same time. That one didn't do optical either.
What I am trying to do is to connect two new SATA optical drives (one Blu-ray) and my external Seagate HDD through one SATA card.
What are my options? Should I get a RAID Controller and transfer the internal HDDs to the add-on RAID and connect Optical Drives to the built-in SATA ports? Would that work? Can you have 2 RAID controllers in one system?
