PCIe PCI Express Card
with 4 eSATA 3Gb/sec SATA II Ports!
SATA Port Multiplier Compatible!
click for larger card image Tempo SATA E4P eSATA Controller Supports: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, & JBOD
Delivers full throughput of SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) drives!
Sonnet eSATA II Host Controller - Tempo SATA X4P, TSATAII-X4P
Which do you prefer, raw storage capacity or scorching performance?
With the Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express eSATA card, you get the best of both worlds!
This Tempo E4P PCI Express eSATA four port 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 10 Terabytes (10,000 Gigabytes!) of storage!
The Sonnet 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 eSATA RAID arrays 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 arrays 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.
Features:
PCI Express (PCIe) x4 Card - Mac G5 Dual Core and Quad Core compatible
4 eSATA 3 Gb/s SATA II ports
FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 20 disk drives*
Backwards compatible with 1.5Gb/s (SATA I) drives
Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, & JBOD
Supports Mac OS X and Windows XP RAID
Hot-swap drive support
Upgradeable firmware to enable future enhancements
*Support for 20 drives requires the use of drive
enclosures employing port multipliers (like the 5-Bay
Port Multiplier SATA Enclosure or Sonnet's
Fusion 500P). When using an enclosure without a port multiplier (such as Sonnet
Fusion 400), the Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P will support up to 4 drives.
What's In the box:
Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express eSATA SATA II Host Controller
Quick Install Guide
Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express SATA II eSATA Host Controller Specifications
4 external eSATA ports
PCI Express (PCIe) x4 Card
Up to 300 MB/sec data transfer rate per port (SATA II 3Gb/sec)
Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
Sonnet 3 Year Warranty
System Requirements
Note: The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P card does not currently support
bootable volumes
Desktop computer with available x4 PCI Express slot
Windows XP SP2
Power Mac G5 Dual-Core or Quad-Core with Mac OS X 10.3.x – 10.4.3 Not compatible with G5s having PCI-X slots,
see Tempo X4P PCI-X Card.
If you are not sure what type of slots you have, check your manual.
