Lycom PCIe SATAII Host Card
2 eSATA External Ports
RAID and Port Multiplier capable!
Supports up to 10 External Hard
Drives
Windows XP, 2000, 2003 server
Mac OS X v10.4
Lycom’s
Port
Multiplier capable host cards are an excellent benefit to your computer's
storage performance resulting in enormous scaleability. This card mounts
up
to 2 drives directly or up to 10 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. This card fully supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
JBOD
and works with any SATA hardrive. Can be connected via a PCIe bus and only
uses a single lane.
Capable of mounting the drives each independently or in any
combination of software RAID and JBOD. You can even create huge 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.
With its Silicon Image 3132 chipset, this single lane PCIe card is capable
of around 150 MB/sec total throughput. If you require top performance then 4 port cards using faster
chipsets and more PCIe lanes are a better choice.
Compatible with:
-Windows Operating Systems
XP, 95, NT, 98SE, ME ,2000, 2003
Server and DOS
-Mac OS X v10.4
G5 with PCIe and MacPro - **Requires Driver
download**
**MacPro and Dual Core G5's require driver
download and installation from
Silicon Image. Click
here, download and install the Version 1.1.9 Driver
installer package.**
This
host card has eSATA Ports:
eSATA, a new external connection method for
the SATA specification, is used on this card. More robust and better grounded,
these connectors are the choice for external connected storage. Be aware though,
confusion is also going to be common as the eSATA connectors are
VERY similar in appearance to the current SATA Type A connectors more commonly
being used. Use of an eSATA to eSATA external cable is currently
needed to connect to the MacGurus Burly Enclosure. Be sure to select
eSATA cables when ordering a companion Burly to go with your Lycom host card.
Port Multiplication:
Please check out our Guide
to Port Multipliers for a better description of how this super technology
works.
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Features and Compatibility
- Supports Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP. Mac OS X v10.4. Some Linux drivers
available.
- 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
- PCIe
- Supports full Hotswap capability
- Silicon Image chipset
- Built in RAID functions include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, JBOD or independent
drives
- 2 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
- 1 Year Warranty
Made to work with the Lycom Port Multiplier host cards
MacGurus Burly Port Multiplier Enclosures are made for the maximum
in reliability, capacity and speed. These interface perfectly with the Lycom
eSATA cards giving you the best of all storage worlds. Click the image to see
the full line up.
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