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Tempo-X eSATA 4x4 8 Port Serial ATA PCI Host Controller
Description
Do you need more speed? Tempo-X eSATA 4+4 gives you performance to burn! You’ll get great performance from individual drives, but grouping up to eight Serial ATA hard drives in a RAID 0 (striped) array reveals the true prowess of this product—exceptional speed. Astonishing sustained read/write performance numbers in excess of 545 MB/s are possible—that’s more than enough to capture and process uncompressed 10-bit High Definition video!
Have your storage needs outgrown your computer’s capabilities? With eight ports and a dedicated controller for each, you can connect additional drives for maximum storage capacity—using today’s highest-capacity drives, you can connect an amazing 4 TB (Terabytes) of storage! And for workflow professionals, you can hot-swap drives to quickly zoom between projects. When your storage needs have outgrown standard solutions, get a Tempo-X eSATA 4+4—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-X eSATA 4+4 into an available PCI-X or PCI slot, connect and format your drives, and get to work!
This is not shipping due to a world-wide shortage of one of the components which is critical in the operation of this board.
We are being told by the manufacturer it is going to be 6-8 weeks before we can ship this card-Pre orders are being taken!
Features
3 Gb/s SATA II host controller
64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X Serial ATA host controller
Works in any PCI-X or PCI slot in the listed compatible computers
8 ports—4 internal SATA connectors and 4 external eSATA connectors
Supports hot-swap drive connection
48-bit LBA support for drives with a capacity larger than 137 GB
Spread Spectrum Clocking for lower EMI emissions
No drivers to install; plug and play installation***
Upgradable firmware to enable future enhancements
Includes two 22-inch, internal SATA data cables and two legacy-to-SATA
power cable adapters (additional cables available, sold separately)
Advanced Features
Hot-swap drive support
Deep sleep support
Spread Spectrum Clocking for lower EMI emissions
Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
48-bit LBA support for drives larger than 137 GB
System Requirements
Mac OS X Version 10.2 or later
Windows XP
Mac OS and Windows compatible
OSX Tiger compatible
PC with PCI slot
***Mac OS driver is built-in. Windows drivers are available on Sonnet website.
Dimensions
Product Specs
Bus Type: 64 bit, 133MHz PCI-X
32-bit PCI bus 2.2 Compliant
Data Transfer Rate: Up to 300 MB/s per port
ATAPI Support: No
Drive Types Supported: Serial ATA
Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 (parallel)
Upgradeability: Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware
Internal Connectors:
- 4 Serial ATA interface connectors to support up to 4 disk drives External Connectors
- 4 eSATA connectors to support up to 4 disk drives
Includes
Tempo-X eSATA 4+4 PCI-X Controller Card
Quick Start Guide
Two 22” Serial ATA internal data cables
Two legacy-to-Serial ATA power cables
Eight drive mounting screws
Notes
Compatibility
Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White, Power Mac G4*, Power Mac G5. *All models except Cube.
Warranty
Sonnet gives a 1 year limited warranty on this product. Please register your product with Sonnet. Sonnet provides technical support by telephone at 1-949-472-2772. You may return this Sonnet Tempo-X eSATA Serial ATA PCI Host Controller in unopened packaging for full credit minus shipping to We Love Macs within 14 days of delivery. We will charge a 30% testing and repackaging fee if the Host Controller package is open. We will charge for any missing or damaged documentation, accessories or packaging. If Sonnet is unable to solve any compatibility issues a repackaging fee may still apply.
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10/25/2006
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