FIRMTEK SERITEK ESATA PCI HOST ADAPTER 4 PORT EXTERNAL MAC

The SeriTek/1eVE4 Host Adapter provides an easy and affordable way for Macintosh users to add inexpensive, high-speed storage. With four external shielded eSATA Serial ATA ports, each offering 1.5Gbits/sec performance, the SeriTek/1eVE4 provides the high bandwidth to meet the needs of performance-hungry applications. The SeriTek/1eVE4 is PCI-X compatible, permitting Power Mac G5 users to take advantage of the latest extended PCI technology while maintaining backward compatibility with older Power Macintosh systems.

SeriTek/1eVE4 works with all Power Macintosh computers with an available PCI slot. Takes advantage of the latest high-performance Power Mac G5 PCI-X slots.

Features:

• Latest external eSATA ports with hot-swap capability; supports hot-swapping of independent and RAID volumes
• Plug-and-Play ease of use
• Completely self-contained booting functionality, no driver installation necessary
• Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec
• Supports Power Mac G5 PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended) bus
• Compatible with all PCI-based Power PC Macintosh computers
• Supports Mac OS 9, and OS X version 10.1.5 or later
• Provides performance and protection: Supports native OS X RAID 0/1; OS 9 RAID with 3rd party software
• User-upgradeable firmware
• 48-bit LBA support for drive sizes larger than 137GB
• Perfect for upgrading and expanding legacy and G5 Macintosh computers
• PCI-X 1.0a compliant 64-bit at 133/100/66MHz bus speeds
• Backward compatible with standard 32/64-bit PCI at 33MHz and 66MHz bus speeds
• Direct Port Access: Enhanced performance by allowing data transfer to all four drives simultaneously
• 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
• Data protection: Supports OS X RAID, OS 9 Software RAID (third party software), and other storage utilities
• Reduced setting on storage devices (no master/slave) means easier installation and replacement
• Ideal for a variety of Power Macintosh applications: Desktop publishing, Audio/Video storage and editing, photo/graphics storage and editing, servers, and gaming.

• SeriTek/1eVE4 PCI-X Serial ATA controller with four external shielded eSATA ports
• User manual on CD-ROM