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SATA On-the-Go
Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA Express 34 ushers in a new level of higher disk performance capability for the mobile professional. Whether you capture and edit video content in the field, the studio, or home, Tempo SATA Express 34 sets the bar high for mobile storage products.
The Tempo SATA Express 34 controller has two external, 3Gb/s, SATA II ports, and plugs directly into a MacBook Pro (15" or 17") or Windows notebooks with an ExpressCard/54 or ExpressCard/34 slot.
Imagine connecting up to 10 drives (1)(2) for high-performance applications, such as Apple's Final Cut Pro®. With two external SATA drives attached in a RAID 0 array, the Tempo SATA Express 34 can typically achive sustained disk write and read speeds of 100 and 110 MB/sec, respectively, which is about three times as fast as USB 2.0 or FireWire connections to the same drive setup.
Offering native SATA speed in a compact mobile package, Sonnet's Tempo SATA Express 34 redefines the definition of disk speed for the creative person on-the-go.
Technical Notes:
(1) Support for 10 drives requires the use of drive enclosures employing port multipliers (like Sonnet's Fusion 500P). When using an enclosure without a port multiplier (such as Sonnet's Fusion 400), Tempo SATA Express 34 will support up to 2drives.
(2) Western Digital manufactures Desktop edition (WD Caviar, Caviar SE, Caviar SE16, and Raptor X) hard drives and Enterprise (RAID) Edition (WD RE, RE2, and Raptor) hard drives. Each type of hard drive is designed to work specifically in either a desktop computer environment, or connected to a RAID controller (hardware or software-based). If you intend to configure Western Digital drives in a RAID set, Sonnet and WD recommend using only their Enterprise edition hard drives.
  
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Key Benefits
- Two eSATA ports
- 3 Gb/s per SATA II controller port
- FIS-based Port Multiplier-aware to support up to 10 disk drives (1)
- Supports Mac OS® X, Window XP Pro, and Windows Vista RAID features
- Drive activity LEDs
Mac Compatibility
- MacBook Pro (15" and 17") with ExpressCard/34 slot
- Mac OS X Version 10.2 or later
Windows Compatibility
- PC notebook (with ExpressCard/54 or ExpressCard/34 slot)
- Windows XP SP 2 or later
- Windows Vista
Technical Specifications
| Hardware |
| Warranty |
1-year limited warranty |
| Bus Interface |
PCI Express x1 |
| External Connectors |
Two eSATA |
| Drives Supported |
Up to 10 (1) |
| Standard |
IEEE 1394A compliant |
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Specifications subject to change without notice/
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