Serial ATA Host Controller Comparison Chart
  Product Name Number of Ports BUS Slot Type Chipset RAID Configurations Supported Operating Systems Form Factor Maximum Transfer Rate Port Multiplier Compatible
PCI-Express
BUS
SLOT
4 Port eSATA RAID5/JBOD PCI-E 8x Controller 4 eSATA II PCI-Express SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000 , XP, 2003, Vista standard 3.0Gb/s Yes
4 Port eSATA PCI-E 8x Controller for Mac Pro 4 eSATA II PCI-Express SiI3124 NO RAID Windows NT 4.0, 2000 , XP, 2003, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.x standard 3.0Gb/s Yes
2 eSATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI-Express controller (ADSA3GPX1-2E) 2 eSATA II PCI-Express SiI3132 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s Yes
2 Ports SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI-Express controller (AD2SA3GPX1) 2 SATA II PCI-Express SiI3132 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000 , XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s Yes
2 Port eSATAII PCI-E Controller for Mac Pro (ADSA3GPX1-2EM) 2 eSATA II PCI-Express SiI3132 NO RAID Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS X 10.4.x, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s Yes
eSATA II PCI-Express controller (ADSA3GPX1-E) 1 eSATA II
1 SATAII
PCI-Express SiI3132 NO RAID Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s Yes
PCI-X
BUS
SLOT
Multilane 4X RAID5/JBOD PCI-X Controller (ADS3GX4R5-ML) 1 4X Multilane PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Solaris 10, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s No
Multilane 4X PCI-X Controller for Mac (ADS3GX4R5-MLM) 1 4X Multilane PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 NO RAID Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS X 10.4.x, Vista standard and low profile 3.0GB/s Yes
eSATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI-X Controller (ADS3GX4R5-E) 4 eSATA II PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Solaris 10, Vista standard 3.0Gb/s Yes
4-Port eSATA II PCI-X controller for Mac (ADS3GX4R5-EM) 4 eSATA II PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 NO RAID Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS X 10.4.x, Vista standard 3.0Gb/s Yes
4-Port External SATA II PCI-X controller (ADSA3GX4R-E) 4 eSATA II PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 - 32 bit only, Vista standard 3.0Gb/s No
SATA II PCI-X RAID5/JBOD controller(ADS3GX4R5) 4 SATA II PCI-X or PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Solaris 10, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s Yes
PCI
BUS
SLOT
Combo SATA and USB2/1.1 PCI Controller
(AD5U2SA)
2 SATA
5 USB
PCI SiI3112 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard 1.5Gb/s No
Multilane 4X SATA RAID PCI controller (ADSA4R-ML) 1 4X Multilane PCI SiI3114 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S Windows NT 4.0, 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No
1 eSATA / 3 Port SATA II RAID 5 / JBOD PCI Controller (ADSA3R5-E) 1 eSATA II
3 SATA II
PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Solaris 10, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s* Yes
4 Port RAID 5 / JBOD SATA II PCI Controller (ADSA4R5) 4 SATA II PCI SiI3124 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Solaris 10, Vista standard and low profile 3.0Gb/s* Yes
4-Port eSATA RAID 5 / JBOD PCI controller (ADSA4R5-E) 4 eSATA PCI SiI3114 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista standard 1.5Gb/s No
4-Port eSATA PCI controller
(ADSA4R-E)
4 eSATA PCI SiI3114 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard 1.5Gb/s No
4-Port SATA RAID 5 / JBOD PCI controller (ADST114R5) 4 SATA PCI SiI3114 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S, 5, JBOD Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No
SATA 4-Port RAID controller
(ADST114)
4 SATA PCI SiI3114 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 1+S Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No
2-Port eSATA PCI controller
(AD2SAP-E
)
2 eSATA PCI SiI3512 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard 1.5Gb/s No
Combo U2/FW/SA RAID Controller
(ADST203)
2 SATA PCI SiI3112 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista standard 1.5Gb/s No
eSATA / SATA PCI Controller
(ADSAESA)
1 eSATA
1 SATA
PCI SiI3512 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No
EI Serial ATA PCI Controller
(ADST108)
1 int. SATA
1 ext. SATA
PCI SiI3512 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No
Serial ATA PCI controller
(ADSA2)
2 SATA PCI SiI3512 RAID 0, 1 DOS, Windows NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux, Vista standard and low profile 1.5Gb/s No

All Addonics Serial ATA Host Controllers are capable of hot swap.

* The onboard SATA controller chip is SATA II compliant and capable of 3G/sec. Depending on the clock rate of the PCI BUS, the actual data transfer may not be able to reach the 3Gbps/sec data transfer.