Enhance your editing experience

If you are a video editor working with FinalCut Pro on a G5 system/computer, this card is designed for you. FASTA-2e can easily handle multi-stream of a variety video formats such as DVCPro HD, 8 bit SD, 10 bit SD, HDV, etc. It allows you to connect up to 2 external SATA devices with 3Gbps bandwidth for fast data transfer.

Upgrade your G5 Dual-core

FASTA-2e provides the missing external SATA ports for the G5 system/computer. The FASTA-2e offers two external SATA 3G ports at up to 3 Gbps. The card enables individual drives or RAID arrays to be fully utilized as high-performance storage on your G5 Dual-core.

High performance and protection

FASTA-2e is dedicated to deliver not only the high speed SATA 3G external storage connectivity that the G5 Dual-core has been missing, but also, the reliability to protect your digital content. Users can configure the external storage as RAID 1* (mirroring) to maximize the protection of the digital content. * RAID 1 feature is available via MAC OS disk utility.

Why choosing SATA HBA for video editing?

SATA is an evolutionary replacement for the PATA physical storage interface. It provides affordable pricing, expandable and easy configuration. It is the latest technology to replace FireWire, USB and Fiber Channel.

What is SATA 3G?

SATA 3G is the latest SATA technolgy that supports up to 3G bit per second. SATA 3G is double the speed/bandwidth of the original SATA 150 (1.5Gb/s).

What is FASTA?

FASTA is the series of CalDigit SATA 3G host cards that utilize the PCI-e/PCI-x interface to offer huge bandwidth for data throughput. It is dedicated to video editors that require high performance and reliability.