Hackintosh safe PCI Sata card

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Alex Wasserman

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Feb 13, 2014, 4:44:56 PM2/13/14
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All,

Anyone got a recommendation on a 4+ port PCI SATA card?

Is something like this worth the money?


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Alex

X Bytor

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Feb 13, 2014, 7:57:34 PM2/13/14
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This one says Win and Linux, no OS X. Newegg probably has other cards that have stated OS X compatibility. Search "mac os x sata controller" for a start.

Alex Wasserman

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Feb 13, 2014, 9:02:40 PM2/13/14
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Other products in the same line are listed as compatible with reports they work fine, eg. HighPoint RocketRAID 642L. The only difference for that one being 2 external eSATA ports too.


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Boyd Waters

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Feb 14, 2014, 2:29:09 AM2/14/14
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For many years, I used PCI cards with a Silicon Image 3124 or 3132 SATA controller in my Mac Pro.

They are essentially the same. The 3132 is PCIe, and the other one is PCI-X.

You can purchase them from Addonics, who will supply a Mac driver for you. Newegg and Amazon work too.


These are simple controllers. I did run into a problem with them when I was running a bigger zpool under Solaris 11, it would not keep up with the load. I use an 8-port LSI controller for that now in a Linux server. I no longer have the old Mac Pro so I don't know how it might work for Mac ZFS.


This intel-rebadged LSI card is ideal for personal use, small ZFS servers. In addition to the controller, you will need two SFF-to-SATA cables, about $20 each.

But you can start out small with a $20 Syba card.

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Jason Belec

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Feb 14, 2014, 6:59:48 AM2/14/14
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Yes too all he said, been there, done that. Addonics now has 6GB SATA for those that were put off with only 3GB SATA. ;)


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