FIRMTEK SERITEK ESATA PCI HOST ADAPTER 2 PORT EXTERNAL MAC/ PC

The SeriTek/1eSE2 Host Adapter extends Serial ATA's 1.5Gbits/sec performance to the outside of the computer chassis, enabling users to take advantage of external Serial ATA enclosures such as the SeriTek/1EN2. With the latest eSATA shielded connectors, the SeriTek/1eSE2 provides the high bandwidth necessary to meet the needs of performance-hungry applications while offering hot-swap flexibility similar to that of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire.

SeriTek/1eSE2 works with all Power Macintosh and PC/Windows computers with an available PCI slot.

Features:

• Two external eSATA ports with hot-swap capability
• Compatible with all PCI-based Power PC Macintosh computers and PC/Windows computers
• Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec
• Supports Mac OS 9.X, and OS X version 10.1.5 or later, Windows 98/98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
• Provides performance and protection: Supports native OS X RAID 0/1 (OS 9 RAID with 3rd party software), native Windows 2000/XP/2003 RAID
• User-upgradeable firmware
• 48-bit LBA support for drive sizes larger than 137GB
• Perfect for upgrading and expanding legacy and G5 Macintosh computers
• 32-bit, 33 or 66 MHz PCI bus support
• Compliant with 32-bit PCI bus version 2.2
• Bus master operation enhances multitasking during disk transfers and increases CPU efficiency: The CPU is free to handle other tasks during data transfers between the PCI Bus and system memory
• Reduced settings on storage devices (no master/slave) means easier installation and replacement
• Ideal for a variety of Power Macintosh and PC/Windows applications: Desktop publishing, Audio/Video storage and editing, graphics manipulation/publishing, photo storage and editing, servers, and gaming.

• SeriTek Serial ATA External Host Adapter with Two eSATA Ports
• CD-ROM containing Macintosh and PC/Windows User Manuals
• Cables not included