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Sonnet Tempo SATA E4i - PCI-E (x4) 4 Port Internal SATA II RAID Controller

Sonnet Tempo SATA E4i - PCI-E (x4) 4 Port Internal SATA II RAID Controller
Sonnet Tempo SATA E4i - PCI-E (x4) 4 Port Internal SATA II RAID Controller
PCI-Express (4x) | 4 Internal SATA Ports | RAID 0,1,10 & JBOD | Supports Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) | Mac OS X/Windows
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SKU: TSATAII-E4i
Brand: Sonnet
RRP: $329.00
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SONNET TEMPO SATA E4i PCIe


You'll Feel SATAsfied Inside!


Do your storage needs outweigh what your new dual-core Power Mac® G5 can support? Stuff it—with drives, that is! Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA E4i 4-port Serial ATA Host Controller for PCI Express enables you to connect up to 4 additional internal drives(1) for the perfect balance of flexible expandability and superior performance. This card is an ideal companion to the Sonnet G5 Jive™ internal drive mount system for Power Mac G5 computers—along with your SATA drives, this combination is the most cost effective way for adding up to 8 Terabytes of high-performance capacity to your G5.


Do you need more speed? Tempo SATA E4i offers 3Gb/s per port data transfer support and gives you performance to burn! You'll get great performance from individual drives, but grouping up to four Serial ATA hard drives in a RAID 0 (striped) set will provide astonishing sustained read/write performance numbers enough to capture and process High Definition video! Want more security? Set up your drives in a RAID 0 (mirrored) or RAID 10 (striped/mirrored) set for up to 8 Terabytes of data redundancy. When you need more flexibility and performance than offered by standard solutions, get a Tempo SATA E4i—it'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications.




Tempo SATA E4i PCI Express card is an ideal companion to Sonnet G5 Jive internal drive mount system for Power Mac G5 computers.



Compatibility

Key Benefits

  • Affordable solution for adding four internal SATA ports to your computer
  • 3 Gb/s per port SATA II controller
  • Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
  • Supports up to 4 drives
  • Hot-swap drive support(2)

Windows Compatibility

  • Power Mac G5 (with PCI Express slots)
  • Mac OS® X Version 10.3+

Windows Compatibility

  • PC (with PCI Express x4 slot)
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows® XP



Technical Specifications

Part No.

TSATAII-E4i

Hardware
Warranty 1-year limited warranty
RoHS Compliant Yes
Bus Interface PCI Express x4
Internal Connectors Four SATA
Drives Supported Up to 4
Data Transfer Rate Up to 255 MB per second per port
ATAPI Support No
Drive Type Supported Serial ATA I & II; Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 (parallel)(3)
Firmware Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version
Bootability Not supported
Package Contents Tempo SATA E4i host adapter card, one serial ATA data cable, quick start guide, Software CD
Advanced Features
  • 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


Technical Notes

(1) Western Digital manufactures Desktop edition (WD Caviar, Caviar SE, Caviar SE16, and Raptor X) hard drives and Enterprise (RAID) Edition (WD RE, RE2, and Raptor) hard drives. Each type of hard drive is designed to work specifically in either a desktop computer environment, or connected to a RAID controller (hardware or software-based). If you intend to configure Western Digital drives in a RAID set using the TSATAII-E4i, Sonnet and WD recommend using only their Enterprise edition hard drives. For more information, see this Western Digital FAQ.

(2) 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.

(3) Parallel ATA disk drives are supported when using Sonnet's Tempo Bridge or similar Serial ATA-to-Parallel ATA adapter.


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