4 SATA ports from PCIe X4,X8,X12,X16. 2 SATA ports from PCIe X1 (shown below) SAS. Finally, there is a simple cable to split a SAS port to multiple SATA devices. This might offer the best performance. You'll need to pay attention to SAS connection type though since there are many. More @Wikipedia
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