Pure Performance. Pure Satasfaction!
Why install an eSATA card into your computer just to connect your external drives when it already has USB 2.0 ports, and maybe even FireWire® 400 or FireWire 800 ports, too? Speed, plain and simple. The eSATA interface offers faster transfer speeds than those other connections—if you plan to work with files and not just back them up, you need eSATA—it delivers the fastest data transfers from storage devices with multiple interfaces
(1). But, not all eSATA cards are alike. Sonnet's acclaimed Tempo™ SATA E4P eSATA host controller delivers outstanding performance and simple scalability previously unattainable with mainstream technologies.
Tempo SATA E4P was designed with high definition video work in mind—its PCI Express x4 interface offers huge bandwidth for sustained data throughput of up to 240 MB/s per port, so the card never slows you down. It also offers unprecedented storage expandability—its support for high-performance multi-drive storage systems with port multipliers or hardware RAID controllers enable it to handle up to twenty hard drives
(2) (3) at the same time! Port multipliers and hardware RAID controllers manage the data flow of up to five drives in one enclosure, transferring files between your computer and drives through a single locking cable. Connect four storage systems, and using today's highest-capacity drives, you can access an astounding 60 Terabytes of storage!
For maximum performance, you can create a single, large RAID 0 set across multiple drives in two or more enclosures to capture and process uncompressed high definition video, or conquer other high-bandwidth applications. You can just as easily create smaller RAID sets to work with multiple streams of compressed video. For fantastic flexibility, you can work with 20 drives individually and hot-swap(4) them out as needed. You can even work with a combination of RAID sets 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.
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- Professional eSATA interface delivers faster performance than standard eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0—transfer files to and from your drives in less time
- FIS-based port multiplier-aware, and works with enclosures with hardware RAID controllers—supports up to 20 disk drives(2)
- Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
- Supports Mac OS® X, Windows 7 (Professional or Ultimate), Windows Vista (Enterprise or Ultimate), Windows XP Pro, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003 RAID features
- Supports Sonnet-exclusive locking eSATA data cables
- Supports hard drive hot-swapping (4)
- SATA II compliant, 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s drive interface auto-negotiation
- Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
- Part Number:
AII-E4P
- Warranty:
5-year
- RoHS Compliant:
Yes
- Bus Interface:
PCI Express x4
- External Connectors:
Four eSATA
- Drives Supported:
Up to 20 (2)
- Data Transfer Rate:
Up to 730MB/sec (6)
- ATAPI Support:
No
- Drive Types Supported:
Serial ATA I & II
- Firmware:
Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version
- Bootability:
Not Supported
- Package Contents:
Tempo SATA E4P host controller card, Documentation & software CD
- Advanced Features:
Port multiplier aware
FIS-based switching controller
Supports hard drive S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) data reporting
Spread Spectrum Clocking for compatibility with all SATA drives and lower EMI emissions
Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
Specifications subject to change without notice
Mac Compatibility (1)
- Mac Pro
- Xserve (Late 2006) or later (with PCIe Express slots) (5)
- Power Mac G5 (with PCI Express slots)
- Mac OS XVersion 10.3+
- Lion (OS 10.7) compatible
- Mac OS XServer Version 10.3+
Windows Compatibility
- PC (with PCI Express slot)
- Server (with PCI Express slot)
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2003
Technical Notes:
(1) Sonnet Tempo cards are compatible with most external SATA storage. However, external hard drives with USB 2.0/eSATA dual interface based on the Oxford Semiconductor OXU931DS storage controller chip may not be compatible with Mac OS X when connected via SATA. Known issues are kernel panics occurring when the drive is connected, or the drive not being recognized by the operating system.
Summary of external SATA storage
- Storage with eSATA alone: Compatible
- Storage with triple interfaces: Compatible
- Storage with quad interfaces: Compatible
- Storage with eSATA plus Firewire 400 and/or 800: Compatible
- Storage with RAID 0, 1, or 5 (multiple drives): Compatible
- Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on JMicron 20366): Compatible
These compatible drives include, but are not limited to:
- OWC Mercury On-the-Go USB 2.0/eSATA 2.5" portable
- Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on Oxford OXU931DS): Not compatible
These incompatible drives include, but are not limited to:
- Western Digital My Book™ Premium ES Edition™
- Seagate Technology FreeAgent™ Pro
- Thermaltake Black X Duet Not compatible
(2) Support for up to 20 drives requires the use of drive enclosures employing either an FIS-based port multiplier (like Sonnet's Fusion D500P) or a hardware RAID controller (like Sonnet's Fusion D400QR5 or R400QR5).
(3) Western Digital manufactures Desktop edition (WD Caviar, Caviar SE, Caviar SE16, and Raptor X) hard drives and Enterprise (RAID) Edition (WD RE, RE2, and Raptor) hard drives. Each type of hard drive is designed to work specifically in either a desktop computer environment, or connected to a RAID controller (hardware or software-based). If you intend to configure Western Digital drives in a RAID set, Sonnet and WD recommend using only their Enterprise edition hard drives. For more information, see this Western Digital FAQ.
(4) SATA drive hot swapping is not supported in a desktop or server PC running Windows. SATA drives connected to Tempo SATA E4P appear to the system as not-removable hard drives and there is no mechanism in Windows to prepare them for removal.
(5) Xserve not compatible with Sonnet SATA cable locking feature
(6) Achieved with 16-drive RAID 0 set (two Fusion D800P2 storage systems, eight drives in each)
(7) Speed limited by SATA drive
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