TSATA-X8 by Sonnet Technologies, Inc

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Manufacturer Sonnet Technologies, Inc
Manufacturer's Part Number TSATA-X8
Description Sonnet; Product Line: Tempo; Product Type: SATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI-X; Form Factor: Plug-in Card; Controller Type: Serial ATA;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 150 MB/s
Number of Physical Drive Supported: 8
Product Name: TEMPO-X eSATA 8 Serial ATA Controller
Controller Type: Serial ATA
Platform Supported: Mac
Limited Warranty: 3 Year
Brand Name: Sonnet
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Package Contents:
  • TEMPO-X eSATA 8 Serial ATA Controller
  • Quick Start Guide
Additional Information:
  • Supports Mac OS X's built-in RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions ( Mac OS X Disk Utility)
  • ATAPI Support: No
  • Deep sleep support
  • Firmware: Flash-ROM upgradeable firmware
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking for lower EMI emissions
  • Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
  • Hot-swap supported in future firmware release

Drive Types Supported:

  • 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? Sonnet's Tempo-X eSATA 8 Serial ATA PCI-X host controller card gives you performance to burn! Connect individual drives and you'll get great performance, but group up to eight Serial ATA hard drives in a RAID 0 (striped) array using Mac OS X Disk Utility and you will expose the true prowess of this card-exceptional speed. Just how fast are we talking? More than enough to capture and process uncompressed 10-bit High Definition video!

Are your storage requirements bigger than your Mac can handle? Tempo-X eSATA 8 can help you out of that jam-with eight external ports and a dedicated controller for each, add additional drives any time you like to maximize your storage capacity-using today's highest-capacity drives, you can connect an amazing 4TB (Terabytes) of storage! If you move your drives around, this card will help protect your data-it uses eSATA (external serial ATA) connectors that are designed specifically to support external storage solutions and offer superior durability and enhanced EMI (electromagnetic interference) protection. When your storage needs have outgrown standard solutions, get a Tempo-X eSATA 8-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): 8
Compatibility:
  • Backward Compatible PCI 32-bit
  • Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White
  • Power Mac G4 (All models except Cube)
  • Power Mac G5 (In Power Mac G5, installation is supported in slots 2 and 3)
  • Plug and Play

Supported Operating System:

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