Scenario: Older Dell PE 2800 running Server 2003 has now been designated as a backup server running BackupExec 2010. Backups are done to external HDDs and we do not have enough usb ports. New HDDs are usb 3.0 capable. No available power connectors.
So far: Purchased a Koutech usb 3.0 pci-e card (PEU-433) which I am returning after many hours with tech support to try to get a driver that doesn’t blue-screen the system. I’ve looked at other cards but they either need a power connector attached, or reviews show problems with Server 2003 installations making me hesitant to order.
Other possibilities: I would settle for a usb 2.0 card if it didn’t need a power connector, but most of these are just pci and all I have available is pci-e or pci-x. Will a standard pci card definitely work in a pci-x slot? My only pci slot is occupied by a modem which is used for network faxing.
Please make recommendations so I can move on and avoid more headaches. Anybody had a similar scenario and gotten a card that just works? Thanks.