Pure Performance, Pure
SATAsfaction!
When it comes to data storage capabilities, which do you prefer, raw storage capacity or scorching performance? With Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA X4P, you get the best of both worlds! This card offers unprecedented scalability through its support of port multipliers—it can handle up to twenty drives!(1) Used with high-performance drive enclosures like Sonnet's Fusion™ D500P, port multipliers manage the data flow of up to five drives in one enclosure through a single cable. Using today's highest-capacity drives, you can connect an astounding 40 Terabytes of storage!
Tempo SATA X4P delivers performance previously unattainable with mainstream technologies. The PCI-X® interface offers huge bandwidth for data throughput, so the card never slows you down. For the utmost performance, you can create multiple RAID sets to capture and process uncompressed high definition video, or conquer other high-bandwidth applications. For fantastic flexibility, you can work with 40 drives individually and hot-swap(2) 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 X4P—it'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications.
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Key Benefits |
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Affordable solution for adding four external SATA ports to your computer SATA II compliant, 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s auto-negotiation FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 20 disk drives(1) PCI-X host bus interface for high-performance applications Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives Supports Mac OS® X, Windows Vista (Enterprise or Ultimate), Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP Pro RAID features Hot-swap drive support(2) |
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Mac Compatibility |
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Power Mac G5 (with PCI slots(3) or PCI-X slots) Power Mac G4 (with PCI slots) Xserve G4, G5 or Intel (with PCI or PCI-X slot)(5) Mac OS X Version 10.5, 10.4.11, or 10.3 Mac OS X Server Version 10.5, 10.4.11, or 10.3 |
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Windows Compatibility |
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PC (with PCI(4) or PCI-X slots) Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP SP2 |
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Technical Specifications |
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Specifications subject to change without notice. |
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| • Storage with eSATA alone |
Compatible
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| • Storage with triple interfaces |
Compatible
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| • Storage with eSATA plus Firewire 400 and/or 800 |
Compatible
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| • Storage with port multiplier support (multiple drives) |
Compatible
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| • Storage with RAID 0, 1, or 5 (multiple drives) |
Compatible
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| • Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on JMicron 20366) |
Compatible
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| these compatible drives include, but are not limited to: |
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| - OWC Mercury On-the-Go USB 2.0/eSATA 2.5" portable |
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| • Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on Oxford OXU931DS) |
not compatible
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| these incompatible drives include, but are not limited to: - Western Digital My Book™ Premium ES Edition™ - Seagate Technology FreeAgent™ Pro |
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