That card itself doesn't have 8 standard SATA connectors on it; it has two SFF-8087 connectors. This is a 4x multi-lane SAS interface that you can then use fan-out cables (looks like it comes with some) to connect to 8 individual drives.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] 1 TB drives? > > Question - when a RAID card says "2 internal ports" what are those > used for? Chaining multiple cards together? This one is an example: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103086 > > but at the bottom it says it has 8 SATA connectors. > > --- > Brian
