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CalDigit Four-Port SATA 3Gb/s External PCI-X Host Adapter W/ Port Multiplier for up to 20 Drives (Not for Dual Core G5 systems). 1 Year Caldigit Warranty. (FASTA-4X) Same Day $284.05
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CalDigit SATA 3Gb/s Card
SATA 3Gb/s Host Adapter
Port Multiplier | Up to 20 SATA devices

This card adds:

  • Four External eSATA Ports (up to 20 devices)

Requires:

  • Available PCI-X Slot

See Specifiactions below for system and/or OS compatibility information

The first external 4 port PCI-x SATA 3G host adapter card compatible with Power Mac G5 (Early 2005, Late 2004), G4 and PC. FASTA-4x features high speed SATA 3G connection at 3Gbps bandwidth and allows users to connect up to 4 external SATA devices to the computer. With the Port Multiplier functionality, FASTA-4e can support up to 20 hard drives (like CalDigit's S2VR 5-drive Hardware RAID).


With FASTA-4x, you have the potential to actually use the greatest speeds and the best STR (Sustainable Transfer Rate) that are available with SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s interfaces, when you begin to stack SATA drives together in RAID (like SATA dumb box, Port Multiplier-aware enclosure or CalDigit S2VR Hardware RAID series).

Supporting high capacity and sustained data transfer, FASTA-4x is ideal for connecting to video and photo editing "scratch disks", huge photo/MP3/movie libraries and small to medium business file servers.

FASTA-4x will free up the FireWire bus of your G5 or G4 to allow video capture devices such as DV camcorders, VCR, AJA Io, LA, LD, etc that require the full bandwidth of FireWire and high speed access to external hard drives.

 
Includes

 

  • FASTA-4X PCI-X Card x 1
  • Driver CD x 1

 
Specifications
Ports
  • Four External SATA 3Gb/s Ports.
Connections
  • External - 20 Devices
Bus Specifications
  • PCI-X host interface
Form Factor
  • PCI Standard
RAID
  • Supports Mac OSX and Windows OS RAID
Operating System Support
  • Windows® 2000, XP SP 2, Vista
  • Mac® OS X 10.3 or later
External Connectivity
  • x4 eSATA connector
Internal Connectivity
  • None
Warranty
Physical  
Dimensions
  • 312.0mm(L) x 102.4mm (H)
Weight
  • 1.45 lbs
Operating Temperature (Hardware Environment)
  • +0°C ~+ 40°C
Operating Temperature (Storage Environment)
  • -20°C ~ +70°C
Relative Humidity
  • 5% ~ 95% non condensing
 
Click here to get your Model Identifier number
This PCI-X Card is compatible with the following Computers:

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,2

Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz)
(April, 2005)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac9,1

Power Mac G5 (1.8GHz)
(October, 2004)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,3

Power Mac G5 (dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz, dual 2.5GHz)
(June, 2004)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,2

Power Mac G5 (1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz)
(June, 2003)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6

Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors - 1.25GHz & dual 1.25GHz)
(June, 2003)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6

Power Mac G4 (FW 800 - 1.0GHz, dual 1.25GHz, & dual 1.42GHz)
(January, 2003)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6

Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors - dual 867MHz, dual 1.0GHz, & dual 1.25GHz)
(August, 2002)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002 ED - 867MHz)
(August, 2002)

 

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002 - 733MHz, 800MHz, 933MHz, dual 1.0GHz)
(January, 2002)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver - 733MHz, 867MHz, dual 800MHz)
(July, 2001)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,4

Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio - 466MHz, 533MHz, dual 533MHz, 667MHz, 733MHz)
(January, 2001)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,3

Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet - 400GHz, dual 450MHz, dual 500GHz)
(July, 2000)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,1

Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics - 350MHz, 400MHz, 450GHz, 500GHz)
(September, 1999)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac1,2

Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics 'Yikes' - 350MHz, 400MHz)
(August, 1999)

Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac1,1

Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White - 300MHz, 350MHz, 400MHz, 450MHz)
(January, 1999)

PC/Wintel Desktops

Windows PC with 33-MHz/64-bit PCI / PCI-X slot.

 
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