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Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P eSATA PCI Express Host Controller
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4 eSATA 3Gb/sec SATA II Ports!
SATA Port Multiplier Compatible!
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Supports: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, & JBOD
Delivers full throughput of SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) drives!
System Requirements
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Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P eSATA PCI Express Host Controller
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The Tempo E4P PCI Express eSATA Controller card offers unprecedented scalability through its support of port multipliersit can handle up to twenty drives*!
Used with high-performance drive enclosures like Sonnet's Fusion 500P, port multipliers 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 10 Terabytes (10,000 Gigabytes!) of storage!
The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P delivers performance previously unattainable with mainstream technologies.
The PCI Express interface offers huge bandwidth for data throughput, so the card never slows you down.
For the utmost performance, you can create multiple eSATA RAID arrays to capture and process uncompressed high definition video, or conquer other high-bandwidth applications.
For fantastic flexibility, you can work with 20 drives individually and hot-swap them out as needed. You can even work with a combination of RAID arrays and individual drivesyour choices aren't limited.
When your storage needs have outgrown standard solutions, get a Tempo SATA E4Pit'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications.
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Features:
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- PCI Express (PCIe) x4 Card - Mac G5 Dual Core and Quad Corecompatible
- 4 eSATA 3 Gb/s SATA II ports
- FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 20 disk drives*
- Backwards compatible with 1.5Gb/s (SATA I) drives
- Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, & JBOD
- Supports Mac OS X and Windows XP RAID
- Hot-swap drive support
- Upgradeable firmware to enable future enhancements
*Support for 20 drives requires the use of drive
enclosures employing port multipliers (like Sonnet's
Fusion 500P or this
5-Bay eSATA Port
Multiplier Enclosure). When using an enclosure without a port multiplier (such as
Sonnet
Fusion 400), the Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P will support up to 4 drives.
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What's In the box:
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- Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express eSATA Host Controller
- Quick Install Guide
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Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express eSATA Host Controller Specifications
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- 4 external eSATA ports
- PCI Express (PCIe) x4 Card
- Up to 300 MB/sec data transfer rate per port (SATA II 3Gb/sec)
- Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
- Sonnet 3 Year Warranty
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System Requirements
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- Note: The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P card does not currently support
bootable volumes
- Desktop computer with available x4 PCI Express slot
- Windows XP SP2, Vista
- Power Mac G5 Dual-Core or Quad-Core with Mac OS X 10.3.x 10.4.3
Not compatible with G5s having PCI-X slots,
see Tempo X4P PCI-X Card.
If you are not sure what type of slots you have, check your manual.
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