Recommendations for a PCIe USB card

[dewell]

Hi all

I just started using amahi and love it. For extra space I added a USB2 external drive doc but have found that it really slowed down my transfer speeds. I do have a PCIe slot available and could upgrade to a USB 3 card but I am new to Linux and really don't want to spend a whole day trying to get drivers installed for a PCIe card or worse... screwing up my amahi server and having to reload.

Can anyone recommend a compatible USB 3 PCIe card? Maybe one that might just work out of the box?

This is the one I am looking at now...
http://www.amazon.com/Anker%C2%AE-Expre ... al_qh_dp_t

Sorry if the topic has been covered before. I did a few searches and did not see anything on PCIe USB cards.
Thanks in advance!

[bigfoot65]

That looks like a good card. It may require drivers be installed. May not be too difficult though to complete.

One note, it does not reflect it's Linux compatible. That could be a problem. Often Linux compatibility is not advertised, but still works. Recommend you check into that before making the purchase.

Have you considered eSATA? They are pretty fast as well.

[bigfoot65]

This might be a better option:
Tenext PCI Express 4-Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Controller Adapter Card with SATA Power

Note it's Linux compatible.

[dewell]

Awesome thanks! Ill try that.