    |  |    |
| Tempo SATAII PCI-X Card - X4P PCI-X Serial ATA II Hard Drive Controller for PCI & PCI-X Macintoshes & Windows XP/Vista PCs (supports up to 20 external SATA drives). NOTE: This controller does not support SATA DVD drives.
|  | |||||||||||
 CATEGORY: | Harddrive Controllers |  | PARTNUMBER: | SNTN5250002 |
| | |||
| MANUFACTURER: | Sonnet Technologies, Inc | PLATFORM(S): |  Mac &  Win | |
| | |||
| ON THE WEB: | www.sonnettech.com | AVAILABILITY: | Usually ships in 2-business days or less. | |
| | |||
| AVERAGE RATING: | Not rated yet!  Write a review! | DELIVERY: | Packaged - Due to this items unusual size or weight, an extra shipping surcharge may be applied to your order. | |
| | |||
| SALES RANKING: | #51 of top 100 products | |||
| | |||
| Tempo SATAII PCI-X Card - X4P Specifications |
| When it comes to data storage capabilities, which do you prefer, raw storage capacity or scorching performance? With Sonnet Technologies' Tempo SATA X4P, you get the best of both worlds! This card offers unprecedented scalability through its support of port multipliers-it 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 20 Terabytes (20,000 Gigabytes!) of storage! Tempo SATA X4P delivers performance previously unattainable with mainstream technologies. The PCI-X interface offers huge bandwidth for data throughput, so the card never slows you down. For the utmost performance, you can create multiple RAID sets 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 sets and individual drives-your choices aren't limited. When your storage needs have outgrown standard solutions, get a Tempo SATA X4P-it'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications. Sonnet's Simply Fast design philosophy makes this installation a snap; you'll complete the process in a few easy steps. With no software to install†, just insert the Tempo SATA X4P into an available PCI-X or PCI slot, connect and format your drives, and get to work! Features:
*Support for 20 drives requires the use of drive enclosures employing port multipliers (like Sonnet's Fusion 500P). When using an enclosure without a port multiplier (such as Sonnet's Fusion 400), Tempo SATA X4P will support up to 4 drives. ** SATA drive hot swapping is not supported in a desktop or server PC running Windows XP, Server 2003 or Vista. A SATA drive appears to the system as a not-removable hard drive and there is no mechanism in Windows to prepare the drive for removal. Specifications:
Important Notes: Sonnet has determined that some port multiplier-equipped drive enclosures will not work properly when connected to the Tempo SATA card, due to the fact the port multiplier has the wrong firmware installed. This issue does not affect Sonnet's Fusion 500P. For more information on this issue and how to resolve it, click here. Tempo SATA X4P requires eSATA data cables. Click here to see Sonnet's offerings. † Mac OS driver is built-in. Windows drivers are now shipping with the product and are also available on Sonnet website. Requirements:
|
| Tempo SATAII PCI-X Card - X4P 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.
|
| May We Take Your Order, Please? |
| Ordering from Safe Harbor is safe and easy. We offer a variety of ways to order including securely through this website or over the phone, toll-free. Our customers are always pleased with our top-rated customer service, fast shipping and competitive prices. Safe Harbor appreciates your business! May we please take your order for a Tempo SATAII PCI-X Card - X4P today?
| 
 |
| Related Resources on Safe Harbor's Website |
| ||||||||||||
|
Home | Workstations | Products | Manufacturers | Your Cart | Order Status | Help | Contact Us
 Copyright © 2008 by Safe Harbor Computers. All Rights Reserved. No content from this site may be reproduced or publicly reposted without express written permission.All product content herein remains the licensed property of their respective distributers and manufacturers. | | Questions regarding products or orders can be emailed to: sales@sharbor.com | | Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information represented on this site. Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. Not responsible for typos. Explore our site without worry - read our privacy statement. Website questions or comments? webmaster@sharbor.com |
 |  |