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Tempo SATAII 4x PCIe Card - E4P

When it comes to data storage capabilities, which do you prefer, raw storage capacity or scorching performance? With Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA E4P, you get the best of both worlds! This card offer 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™ D500P, 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! NOTE: This controller does not support SATA DVD drives.

List Price: $299.95
Our Price: $240.99

Tempo SATAII 4x PCIe Card - E4P

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Category: 
Host Controllers
Partnumber: 
SNTN5250003
Manufacturer: 
Sonnet Technologies, Inc
Platform(s): 
Apple Mac  &  Windows Win
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DESCRIPTION
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 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 E4P—it'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications.

Key Benefits

  • Affordable solution for adding four eSATA ports to your computer
  • SATA II compliant, 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s auto-negotiation
  • FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 20 disk drives (1) (2)
  • Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
  • Hot-swap drive support (3)
Advanced Features
  • Port Multiplier aware
  • FIS-based switching controller
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking for compatibility with all SATA drivers and lower EMI emissions
  • Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
  • 48-bit LBA support for drives larger than 137 GB

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Warranty: 1-year limited warranty
  • RoHS Compliant: Yes
  • Bus Interface: PCI Express x4
  • External Connectors: Four eSATA
  • Drives Supported: Up to 20 (1)
  • Data Transfer Rate: Up to 300 MB per second per port
  • ATAPI Support: No
  • Drives Type Supported: Serial ATA I and II
  • Firmware: Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version

REQUIREMENTS

  • Mac Compatibility
    • Mac Pro
    • Xserve Late 2006 or higher (with PCIe Express slot)
    • Power Mac G5 (with PCI Express slots)
    • Mac OS® X Version 10.3+
    • Snow Leopard tested
    • Mac OS X Server Version 10.3+
  • Windows Compatibility
    • PC (with PCI Express slot)
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows XP
 

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The large storage capacity, as well as high processor speed and RAM, make these workstations an indispensable tool, greatly enhancing our productivity. Thanks to you and your staff for meeting our unique requirements.
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Jeff PuleraJeff Pulera
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