TEMPO X4P PCI-X SATA Host Card

New - Port Multiplier capable!
Supports up to 20 External Hard Drives

For Mac OSX and Windows XP

 

 

  Sonnet’s revolutionary new line of Port Multiplication capable host cards will dominate the storage market. This SATA host card is compatible in most any PCI or PCI-X Mac from the Blue and White G3 to the latest PCI-X G5s as well as perfect for PCI PCs running XP. 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 B&W G3 or later with open PCI or PCI-X slot
            OS 10.2 and later
      -Windows PCs
            Compatible with Windows XP and Windows XP x64

For all your storage needs!

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Port Multiplication:

  Please check out our Guide to Port Multipliers for a better description of how this super technology works.

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 drives with the ability to attach more and more drives. 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 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 only 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.

  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
• 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X Serial ATA host controller
• Supports full Hotswap capability
• PCI-X and PCI bus compatible
• Supported in B&W G3, G4 Towers, G5 w/PCI or PCI-X slot
• Windows® XP with PCI or PCI-X 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
• Port Multiplier capable

 

Compatibility Statements

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