Multilane SATA Controller - PCI-X

Designed using the latest 3Gbits/sec chipset from Silicon Image (SIL3124-2), this Multilane (4 lane) connector  equipped SATA controller incorporates many advanced features that are usually found only in much more expensive RAID controllers.

Can be easily configured as 4 individual drives with no RAID or as RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 1+0 (mirrored stripe), and RAID 5 (parity stripe) or JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks - each drive can be a separate drive letter).  When installed into a fast PCI-X 133 MHz slot, this controller ensures maximum data throughput of up to 3 Gbits/sec per lane. Sustained throughput of 300 Mbytes/sec can be achieved using hi-performance 7,200 RPM SATA II hard drives by setting up 4 drives in a RAID 0 configuration.

In addition, the External SATA Multilane Infiniband connector also provides a very secure cable connection, improved durability and increased EMI protection to a SATA Multilane enclosure. 
 

• SATA II compliant 
• PCI-X and PCI BUS compatible 
• 4x Multilane connector (screw type)
• Up to 3 Gbits/sec (300 Mbytes/sec) per lane
• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5 and JBOD support
• Jumper selectable RAID or non-RAID* (JBOD) BIOS
  • RAID BIOS supports RAID 5, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 1+S
  • non-RAID* BIOS supports JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks - each drive can be a separate drive letter for example) 
• Backward compatible with Serial ATA 150 (SATA 1.5Gb/s) drives 
• 48-bit LBA supports large capacity drives (supports SATA I and SATA II drives of any capacity) 
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Upgradeable firmware
• Supports SATA II disk hot plug (hot swap drives without system shut down) 

• SATA II RAID PCI-X Controller with 4x Multilane connector
• Drive CD
• PDF Manual

• 4x Multilane Infiniband port (screw type)
• PCI-X /133 MHz (compatible with PCI 32/64 bit slots)
• One Year Warranty

• SATA Multilane compatible enclosure
• Windows PCs:
  • Pentium III 700Mhz or faster desktop computer
  • 128 MB RAM or more
  • Available PCI-X slot or PCI slot (PCI-X slot required for maximum performance)
  • Operating Systems:
    • Windows XP -32-bit & 64-bit
    • Windows Vista -32-bit & 64-bit
    • Windows 2003 Server -32-bit & 64-bit
    • Windows 2008 Server -32-bit & 64-bit
    • Windows 7** -32-bit only
• Macs:
  • Mac OS X Version 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6**
  • Available PCI-X slot or 32/64 bit PCI slot (PCI-X slot required for maximum performance)
  • Power Mac G4*** 
  • Power Mac G5 with PCI-X slots (not compatible with G5 Dual or Quad)
  • Card does not support booting with Macs

*non-RAID BIOS - also known as JBOD BIOS, Base BIOS or Port Multiplier (each drive shows to the operating system as a separate volume or drive letter) 

**non-RAID/JBOD only

*** All models except Cube.