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I have a Intel based lan card in the pcie slot already. Have anybody benchmarked Realtek vs Intel nic's ??? Are there some severe performance penalties for using the Realtek chip ??? Hmm, does the xpenology software support gigabit networking using a usb3 <-> lan dongle ???

So, instead of using the builtin Realtec powered lan port, you intend to use 2 Realtec powered lan ports. It has an Asmedia chip too, it might do the same as the Asmedia chip on my minipcie sata card that seems to "steal" a pcie line or something similar. But I'm really interested to hear from you if it works.

Well, it was kind of expected, but it was worth a try. If you read the manual of any recent motherboard, you see that installing a M.2 SSD disables two SATA ports. The Q1900DC manual states that the minipcie connector only can be used for a wifi module, but it seems it can be used for anything. I am currently copying files back to redundant storage (new xpenology install and I see that the CPU maxes out at 25%. Neat. Is that because I have an Intel nic installed ??? If I replace that with a pcie SATA card and using the Realtec motherboard nic, are there some performance penalties for that stunt ???

I just tested my new half-sized minipcie dual sata card: http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-8723648.htm When this card is mounted, it replaces two of the mobo's sata ports. Bummer. But my current 4x3Tb raid5 setup will be enough for me, so I'll be fine.

I got the comfirmation email that my half-minipcie sata card is shipped. Apperently from here, but I can't read french so their website don't make sense to me.

No, I don't have any information on this particular SATA card. It will arrive in 3 weeks, so it's probably shipping from china somewhere. It's a hit or miss purchase, but it's great if it works. I read somewhere that Realtec lan controllers should be avoided at any cost, so I'm using my pcie slot for a Intel based lan card. But the dual barrel lan thingmabob is a good idea.

I just found this (and ordered one) half size mini-pcie dual port SATA card: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-PCI-Expres ... +mini+pcie This looks promising.

I'm quite sure that this card is too long. I think I have one of these or a similar one at home. I bought it to use with my Q1900DC, but I'm stuck with 4 hd's. I'll be back with more info in about 10 hours. I'm back... Mine is a Delock card but it looks the same. It's too big, only half sized cards will fit.