TEMPO E4P PCI-Express SATA Host Card
New - Port Multiplier capable!
Supports up to 20 External Hard Drives
For Mac OSX 10.2 - 10.6 and Windows XP
MacPro Compatible!
Snow Leopard Compatible
Sonnet’s revolutionary
line of Port Multiplication
capable host cards will dominate the storage market. This PCIe SATA host
card is compatible in MacPro and Dual Core G5s with an open 4X or 8X
PCIe slot and PCIe capable PCs running XP or Windows 7. Able
to mount up to 4 drives directly or up to 20 drives when
attached to enclosures with Port Multipliers like the
Burly
Port Multiplier Enclosures available here in 4, 5 and 8 Bay versions as
well as Rack Mount.
Capable of mounting the drives each independently or in any combination
of software RAID and JBOD. You can even create huge and incredibly fast arrays
across multiple port multiplier systems for never before seen speeds and
certainly never before seen capacities on a direct connected
host card. Very versatile with great performance combined with the cost
benefit of being able to attach less expensive smaller capacity drives in
greater numbers for a huge per GB savings. The throughput from drives attached
to these
cards is exceptional giving full 300 MB/sec access
to each of the four SATAII specification eSATA ports.
Compatible with
-Macintosh Dual Core G5 with open PCIe slot
-MacPro Tower with open PCIe slot
OS 10.2 and later - 32 or 64 bit compatible
-Windows PCs
Compatible with Windows XP and Windows XP x64
Driver upgrades
available from Sonnet HERE.
Port Multiplication:
Please check out our
Guide to Port Multipliers for a better description of how this super technology works.
For all your storage needs!
This is it. Video storage for the Mac!
Video
users and HD Video users in particular
will find this to be the real answer to their storage needs. Able to grow
capacities using cost efficient smaller capacity drives with the ability to
attach more and more drives as space is needed. Added to that, getting performance
well in excess of
the
speed requirements for HD is icing on the
cake.
In real use
an 8
drive RAID0 array or even better a 10 drive array can handle any of the typical
needs of the High Def video workstation. These arrays can be built either
in a pair of enclosures like 2 x Four Bay
Port Multiplier Burlys or 2 x Five
Bay Burlys
or by
using
the
massive 8 Bay unit with 2 Port Multipliers. We recommend the multiple enclosures
over the larger 8 Bay mainly because they are easier to move around and work
on in the event of a drive failure.
Great System for photo storage! You can
add multiple drives, bays, arrays and enclosures, up to almost any combination
of capacity and great speed. All can be accomplished giving you the
versatility to create a storage system AND a high speed backup, all
off of one host card in small discreet packages. The Port Multiplier
capabilities give you the control you need to configure a working high
speed system matched exactly to your studio’s needs.
You have never seen photo storage fly until you have your saves happening
at over 200 MB/sec on a simple 4 drive RAID0.
Audio storage par excellence! Stop running slow and slower firewire devices, each
and every one of which cuts into bandwidth and increases latency which results in stuttering and garbled
output. Installing independent drives on a Port Multiplier system gives instant no bridge access to every drive.
No need for a RAID, individual drives will give your libraries faster access and uninterupted throughput. Need more space?
Add a few more drives. Expandability this great is unprecedented and will open your eyes to greater performance.
Compatibility is the key here. Able to run in Macs and PCs running
OS10.2 or newer and Windows XP. You need an open PCI or PCI-X slot. Hotswap capability
is of course built in so no rebooting just to fire up your external storage.
Hotplug is also included for drives in RAID arrays. Compatible with OSX Disk
Utility RAID software, SoftRAID and Windows RAID Manager.
This card is not bootable in OSX at this time.
Features and Compatibility
- Each port can support single direct connected drive or Port Multiplier with up to 5 drives
- SATAII bus compliance -- 300 MB/sec burst transfers! Auto switch 150/300
MB/sec auto negotiation
- Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
- Supports full Hotswap capability
- Supported in Dual Core G5s with PCI-Express slot and MacPro - all models
- Mac OSX - to Snow Leopard - 32 bit and 64 bit
- Windows® XP and Windows7 with open PCIe slot
- 4 External eSATA Ports
- 48 Bit LBA support - any drive capacity is supported
- Spread Spectrum Clocking compatibility with all SATA drives
- Firmware is upgradable via future updates
- FIS-based Port Multiplier capable
The Gurus Certify This Host Card Seriously Rules
