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Based on the Silicon Image SiI 3132
chipset, this SATA II PCI Express card optimizes the throughput of Hitachi SATA II hard
drives! Plus, the eSATA port supports SiI-3726 Port
Multipliers allowing you to connect up to 2.5 Terabytes of external storage!
Use this card to connect a single eSATA hard drive to your
PCI Express equipped computer or through its support of port multipliers on the
eSATA portthe single port can handle up to five drives*! Used with high-performance drive enclosures like
this 5-Bay
SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure, this card can manage the data flow of up to five drives in one enclosure through a single cable. Using today's highest-capacity drives, you can connect an astounding 2.5 Terabytes
(2,500 Gigabytes!) of striped RAID storage!
Supports Serial ATA II Port Multiplier 1.0 Specifications revision 1.1 and
used with a Port Multiplier Enclosure containing multiple SATA hard drives,
supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10!
Features:
- PCI Express 1-lane (x1) SATA II adapter works in any available PCI Express slot
- Supports SATA data rates up to 3Gb/sec (300 MB/s)
- Features the latest eSATA (external SATA) connector for connecting an external high speed, high capacity hard disk
drive
- eSATA connector supports connection to SiI-3726 Port Multiplier
- Features an internal SATA connector for connecting an internal SATA hard
drive
- Supports SATA hard drives of any capacity
- Supports hard disk hot-plugging
- One Year Manufacturers Warranty
*Support for 5 drives requires the use of drive
enclosures employing port multipliers like this 5-Bay
SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure.
The SATA PCI Express Card package contains:
Specifications:
- Regulatory approval(s): FCC Class B (DoC) & CE
- Chipset: Silicon Image SiI-3132
- Bus type: PCI Express x1
- Port types: One external eSATA port, one internal SATA port
- Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.0a
- Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification with support for full complement of SATA II optional features
- Installs in any available PCI Express slot and supports data transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps (300MBps)
- Supports 48-bit LBA for drives with capacity larger than 137GB
- Integrated Serial ATA Link and PHY logic
- Supports two independent Serial ATA channels
- Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Non-zero offsets NCQ, and Out-of-order data delivery NCQ and
Silicon Image SiI-3726 Port Multipliers
- Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
- Supports hard disk hot-plugging
System Requirements:
- PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express (PCIe) slot
- Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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