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FASTA-1e
Add One high-speed external eSATA port to any Apple MacBook Pro or Windows-based Notebook equipped with ExpressCard expansion slot. eSATA certified cable not included.

List Price: $119.00
Our Price: $114.99

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FASTA-1e

CATEGORY: Harddrive Controllers PARTNUMBER: CLDN5250001
MANUFACTURER: CalDigit PLATFORM(S): Apple Mac   &   Windows Win
ON THE WEB: www.caldigit.com AVAILABILITY: Usually ships in 2-business days or less.
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FASTA-1e Specifications

The CalDigit FASTA-1ex ExpressCard allows for portable performance in the field, enabling you to capture, develop, edit and create content in almost any environment when using Apple's new MacBook Pro or Windows-based notebook. FASTA-1ex features high speed SATA 3G connection at 3 Gbps bandwidth and allows the user to connect one external SATA 3G device to the notebook.

This card is the perfect solution for users who are using video capture devices such as DV, VCR, AJA Io, LA, LD, etc that require the full bandwidth of FireWire and high speed access to external hard drives. Conneting Capture devices to FireWire port and your external storage to FASTA-1ex, this is perfect solution for any notebooks which has ExpressCard/34 or 54 slot.

The only SATA ExpressCard that is designed for Video Editing. This adapter supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflows.

Features:

  • 1 External SATA 3G Port
  • Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 5 disk drives
  • 3.0 Gbps bandwidth transfer speed
  • Plug and Play
  • Downward compatible with SATA I device
  • Compatible with a variety of capture cards, like AJA, BMD, Matrox
  • 3-year warranty
Enhance your editing experience
If you are a video editor working with FinalCut Pro on a MacBook Pro, this card is designed for you. FASTA-1ex can easily handle multi-stream of a variety video formats such as DVCPro HD, 8 bit SD, 10 bit SD, HDV, etc. It allows you to connect to one external SATA device, for example Port Multiplier-aware drive, with 3Gbps bandwidth for fast data transfer.

Faster Than FireWire 800
The CalDigit FASTA-1ex ExpressCard 34 can typically achieve sustained disk write and read speeds of 100and 110 MB/sec, respectively, which is about three times as fast as USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 connections to the same drive setup.

Upgrade your MacBook Pro
FASTA-1ex provides the missing external SATA port for MBP. The FASTA-1ex offers one external SATA 3G ports at up to 3 Gbps. The ExpressCard enables Port Multiplier-aware Disk RAID to be fully utilized as high-performance storage on your MacBook Pro.

Why choose SATA HBA for video editing?
SATA is an evolutionary replacement for the PATA physical storage interface. It provides affordable pricing, expandable and easy configuration. It is the latest technology to replace FireWire, USB and Fiber Channel.

What is SATA 3G?
SATA 3G is the latest SATA technolgy that supports up to 3G bit per second. SATA 3G is double the speed/bandwidth of the original SATA 150 (1.5Gb/s).

What is FASTA?
FASTA is the series of CalDigit SATA 3G host cards utilize the PCI-e/PCI-x interface to offer huge bandwidth for data throughput. It is dedicated to video editors that require high performance and reliability.

Compatible with Mac OS 10.4 andWindows XP

FASTA-1e Frequently-Asked Questions

1. HOW DO I TERMINATE A SCSI BUS?

When a SCSI controller issues a command to one of the devices on the SCSI bus, it does not expect to have that command come back to it. Instead, it expects to hear just the response from the drive it issued a command to. Properly terminating the SCSI bus prevents signal reflection on the cables, essentially absorbing commands when they reach the end of the cable. On an improperly terminated SCSI bus, it is common to have the controller software issue error messages caused by unexpected activities on the bus or to experience complete failure of the bus.

The "golden" rule for SCSI termination is that each end of a SCSI bus must be terminated and no terminator can exist anywhere in between these ends. When you add or remove drives from a SCSI bus, you must comply with this rule.

Each SCSI bus starts with a controller. The controller is terminated. Even if there are no drives attached to it, the controller can still issue commands to search for drives without having those commands reflect. Typically, you will add at least one SCSI drive to the bus. You will do so by connecting a ribbon cable from the controller to the drive. Note that one end of the ribbon must plug into the controller and the other end must plug into the drive. In this case, the drive must also be terminated so that both ends of the bus are terminated according to the rule! If you then add additional drives, you can install the drives anywhere along the cable, providing only the drive on the end is terminated.

The termination rule gets complicated when you try to add both internal and external SCSI drives to a system. Since the rule states that the ends of the SCSI bus must be terminated, obviously the drive connected to the end of the internal cable must be terminated and the drive connected to the end of the external cable must be terminated. Unfortunately, this leaves the controller somewhere in the middle of the bus and it too is terminated. If the controller does not provide automatic termination enable/disable, you must manually disable termination on the SCSI controller.

Note that termination violations might sometimes appear to work. However, it is better to be safe than sorry. Follow the rule!

Terminating a drive usually involves installing or removing a jumper on the drive. Check your drive manual for this jumper setting. If the drive does not provide built-in termination, you can purchase a stand-alone terminator. Terminators are available to plug into most SCSI connectors and come in a whole host of shapes and sizes so get the one designed for your application. Note that most new SCSI drives do not provide a built-in terminator and termination is provide by a separate terminator plugged into the end of the SCSI cable.

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