This new Addonics PCI-E combo controller enable the addition of 2 SATA ports and 1 IDE channel all via one single PCI-Express 1X slot. For added fleixibility, the two SATA ports can be configured as eSATA (external SATA) or internal SATA ports. The built-in RAID firmware supports various RAID setting for the two SATA ports and the IDE channel and can also combine both the SATA and IDE hard drives into one RAID set. Together with support for Port Multiplier on the two SATA ports, this combo controller is really feature rich and also priced attractively..
For more detail on this new eSATA external connector, please review the following white paper posted on SATA-IO.org Want to know more about Serial ATA? Please visit our tutorial page

* Hot swapping hard drive has been tested on Windows OS only. When drives are configured as RAID 0 and certain RAID combination, the removal of the hard drive will result in breaking the RAID set and result in data loss.
SATA/IDE RAID PCI-E Controller with JMicron JMB36x chip driver for all Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
SATA/IDE RAID PCI-E Controller with JMicron JMB36x chip RAID Configurator for all Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.