Multilane SATA PCI-X Controller
Full external performance for your SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) drives!
Supports: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5 and JBOD
Now supports Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard (32-bit & 64-bit) in JBOD mode!
System Requirements
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Multilane SATA PCI-X Controller
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Designed using the latest 3Gbits/sec chipset from Silicon Image (SIL3124), this
Multilane (4 lane) connector equipped SATA PCI-X 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 Multilane SATA enclosure.
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Features:
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- 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)
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What's In the box:
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- Multilane SATA PCI-X/PCI controller card
- Driver CD
- PDF Manual
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Specifications:
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- 4x Multilane Infiniband port (screw type)
- PCI-X /133 MHz (compatible with PCI 32/64 bit)
- One Year Warranty
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System Requirements
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- Compatible Multilane SATA 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.
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