TSATA-X44A by Sonnet Technologies, Inc

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Manufacturer Sonnet Technologies, Inc
Manufacturer's Part Number TSATA-X44A
Description Sonnet; Product Line: Tempo; Product Model: TEMPO-X eSATA 4+4; Product Type: SATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI-X; Form Factor: Plug-in Card;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 150 MB/s
Number of Physical Drive Supported: 8
Product Name: TEMPO-X eSATA 4+4 Serial ATA Controller
Controller Type: Serial ATA/150
Platform Supported: Mac
Limited Warranty: 3 Year
Brand Name: Sonnet
Number of SATA Ports (Internal): 4
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Package Contents:
  • TEMPO-X eSATA 4+4 Serial ATA Controller
  • Quick Start Guide
  • 2 x 22" Serial ATA internal data cables
  • 2 x legacy-to-Serial ATA power cables
  • 8 x drive mounting screws
Additional Information:
  • Firmware: Upgradeability Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware
  • Supports Mac OS X's built-in RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) functions

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

Drive Types Supported :

  • Serial ATA
  • Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 (parallel)*
  • *Parallel disk drives are supported when using Sonnet Tempo Bridge or similar parallel-to-Serial ATA drive adapter
Marketing Information:

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 using Mac OS X Disk Utility 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.
Product Type: SATA Controller
Host Interface: PCI-X
Total Number of SATA Ports: 8
Number of SATA Ports (External): 4
Product Model: TEMPO-X eSATA 4+4
Compatibility:
  • Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White
  • Power Mac G4 (all models except Cube)
  • Power Mac G5
  • Plug and Play

Supported Operating System:

  • Mac OS X Version 10.2 or later
Product Line: Tempo