<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Let us backtrack a bit ...<br><br></div>You need eSATA, perhaps for backup ...<br><br>But do you need it to be PCIe?<br><br></div>When I needed eSATA, I found that my older Aspire M3400 "server" has a chipset that supports eSATA (SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller). All I did was get a bracket that connected from the internal SATA connectors on the motherboard to the back of the PC so I can plug in the eSATA cable to the dock.<br>
<br>The speed ranges from 29,955 kB/s to 43,330 kB/s.<br><br></div>Perhaps that would be sufficient for your need?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">As a corollory to Darcy's excellent question (which I do not have an<br>
answer for either, even though we are going through a very similar<br>
exercise at work), I am looking for some PCIe eSATA cards that will<br>
work reliably under Linux (in particular, under Debian/Ubuntu).<br>
<br>
Here are some expansion cards I have found so far. Reviews report that<br>
they all seem to have problems with large I/O transfers:<br>
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<a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815287028" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815287028</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124064" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124064</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124056" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124056</a><br>
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I am guessing that some chipsets are supported well under Linux and<br>
some are not, but I do not know how to find good, compatible cards.<br>
<br>
Ideally the card would have some internal SATA ports along with the<br>
eSATA ones, but this is not a firm requirement.<br>
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