HighPoint RocketRAID 2314 - storage controller (RAID) - SATA 3Gb/s - PCIe x4

Initially SATA was designed as an internal or inside-the-box interface technology, bringing improved performance and more features to internal PC or consumer storage. Creative designers quickly realized the innovative interface could reliably be expanded outside the PC, bringing the same performance and features to external storage needs instead of relying on USB or 1394 interfaces.