Firmtek
SeriTek/1eVE4
4-Port 1.5Gb/s eSATA PCI / PCI-X Host Adapter
New Condition | Open Box
Up to 4 SATA devices | Fully Bootable
Up to 4 SATA devices
The SeriTek/1eVE4 Host Adapter provides an easy and affordable way for Macintosh users to add inexpensive, high-speed storage. With four external shielded eSATA Serial ATA ports, each offering 1.5Gbits/sec performance, the SeriTek/1eVE4 provides the high bandwidth to meet the needs of performance-hungry applications. The SeriTek/1eVE4 is PCI-X compatible, permitting Power Mac G5 users to take advantage of the latest extended PCI technology while maintaining backward compatibility with older Power Macintosh systems.
- Completely self-contained booting functionality, no driver installation necessary
- Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec
- Supports Power Mac G5 PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended) bus
- Compatible with all PCI-based Power PC Macintosh computers
- Supports Mac OS 9, and OS X version 10.1.5 or later
- Provides performance and protection: Supports native OS X RAID 0/1; OS 9 RAID with 3rd party software
- User-upgradeable firmware
- 48-bit LBA support for drive sizes larger than 137GB
- Perfect for upgrading and expanding legacy and G5 Macintosh computers
- PCI-X 1.0a compliant 64-bit at 133/100/66MHz bus speeds
- Backward compatible with standard 32/64-bit PCI at 33MHz and 66MHz bus speeds
- Direct Port Access: Enhanced performance by allowing data transfer to all four drives simultaneously
- Bus master operation enhances multitasking during disk transfers and increases CPU efficiency: The CPU is free to handle other tasks during data transfers between the PCI Bus and system memory
- Data protection: Supports OS X RAID, OS 9 Software RAID (third party software), and other storage utilities
- Reduced setting on storage devices (no master/slave) means easier installation and replacement
- Ideal for a variety of Power Macintosh applications: Desktop publishing, Audio/Video storage and editing, photo/graphics storage and editing, servers, and gaming