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troyquigley
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i need to find an ESATA card that works with vmware 4.1 u1

i have a dell poweredge 2900

i need to find/purchase:

esata pcie card

compatible with vmware 4.1 u1

i am currently backing up my san to a 2tb esata each night and taking them home.

i am building a disaster recovery server and hosting off-site.

i need to be able to easily take they esata backup and get that data on the disaster server, so we can get back up and running in an emergency.

i can't seem to find anywhere a list of make/model of esata cards for vmware.  people only link to chipsets, and how am i to find a esata card with a particular chipset.

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troyquigley
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this seems to be a chipset that works with vmware 4.1 u1

SIL3512

but what esata pcie card has it ?

ps.  not a low profile card.

will this one work ?

http://www.amazon.com/EZQuest-Port-eSATA-Express-PCI-Express/dp/B002KJC0M0/ref=lh_ni_t

it uses the STEELVINE chipset  apparently.

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