SATA Mobo cluster full. What are my options for more ports?

[psychotron]

My Asus Crosshair IV SATA cluster is full. 2 SSD's, 3 HDD's and 1 of 2 Blueray drives connected. Need to connect at least 2 more SATA devices and power them. I have a open E1 sata port that is separate from the 6 port cluster but I believe that is for optical drives only, which would help with the 2 of 2 Blueray I believe but I still need a solution so I can connect a third SSD.
Even though I do have another set of SATA power connectors they may not reach spot where SSD will be. Any way to power a SATA device separate from power supply?

Best options if any?

System specs in profile page.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Honestly, your best option for simplicity and performance is to simplify. That's a crazy amount of drives to have in one system. If that was my system, I'd leave one SSD, and then add in 2 2 TB drives, or set up a cheap WHS box to store much of my data that isn't needed on a daily basis.

 

[pbcopter]

I have used this card on two systems with success.

Newegg.com - HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card

 

[psychotron]

Honestly, your best option for simplicity and performance is to simplify. That's a crazy amount of drives to have in one system. If that was my system, I'd leave one SSD, and then add in 2 2 TB drives, or set up a cheap WHS box to store much of my data that isn't needed on a daily basis.

Interesting. I had no idea what a WHS was until I just looked now. Can the separate server pc which I assume is just running multiple HDs be connected to my main pc so I have 24/7 access to those drives?
I definitely need access to all of those drives on a daily basis.

 

[Zepher]

Honestly, your best option for simplicity and performance is to simplify. That's a crazy amount of drives to have in one system. If that was my system, I'd leave one SSD, and then add in 2 2 TB drives, or set up a cheap WHS box to store much of my data that isn't needed on a daily basis.

Interesting. I had no idea what a WHS was until I just looked now. Can the separate server pc which I assume is just running multiple HDs be connected to my main pc so I have 24/7 access to those drives?
I definitely need access to all of those drives on a daily basis.

If you need constant fast access to the drives, might as well just keep them in your main box.
My mobo has 8 sata ports and I needed 1 more so bought a cheap sata 3 2 port pcie 1x
card for $20 at Amazon.

WHS machine is going to cost at least $300.

They make molex to sata power cables, so you can extend it a few inches.

 

[psychotron]

I have used this card on two systems with success.

Newegg.com - HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card

Well if I grabbed some longer sata cables and used this for my two larger HDD drives which are installed in the front of my pc it would definitely work. I see the 2.0 would limit the 6gb speeds therefore I wouldn't want any ssd's connected to them. I will look at these pci-s slot solutions, had no idea they existed for sata connections. Thanks

 

[DeaconFrost]

I can't imagine needing that much storage on a daily basis. People who do, like content creators, usually end up with an external drive cage/array, like a NAS unit, but not one that sits on a network. Those can be connected by an eSATA port and provide quick access to a large amount of storage.

That being said, how do you have all that data backed up? If it's that important to you to need daily, you should have a solid backup device as well.

 

[psychotron]

Honestly, your best option for simplicity and performance is to simplify. That's a crazy amount of drives to have in one system. If that was my system, I'd leave one SSD, and then add in 2 2 TB drives, or set up a cheap WHS box to store much of my data that isn't needed on a daily basis.

Interesting. I had no idea what a WHS was until I just looked now. Can the separate server pc which I assume is just running multiple HDs be connected to my main pc so I have 24/7 access to those drives?
I definitely need access to all of those drives on a daily basis.

If you need constant fast access to the drives, might as well just keep them in your main box.
My mobo has 8 sata ports and I needed 1 more so bought a cheap sata 3 2 port pcie 1x
card for $20 at Amazon.

WHS machine is going to cost at least $300.

Good stuff. Any particular brand that has best performance? My main concern is obtaining true fast speeds for ssd's. I am definitely going this route, checking out amazon now. Thanks

 

[psychotron]

I can't imagine needing that much storage on a daily basis. People who do, like content creators, usually end up with an external drive cage/array, like a NAS unit, but not one that sits on a network. Those can be connected by an eSATA port and provide quick access to a large amount of storage.

That being said, how do you have all that data backed up? If it's that important to you to need daily, you should have a solid backup device as well.

All my very important files are stored online.

 

[psychotron]

Thanks for all the help everyone. I'll be checking back here for replies daily. Peace