Tempo SATA E4i PCI Express card is an ideal companion to Sonnet G5 Jive internal drive mount system for Power Mac G5 computers.
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Do your storage needs outweigh what your new dual-core Power Mac® G5 can support? Stuff it—with drives, that is! Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA E4i 4-port Serial ATA Host Controller for PCI Express enables you to connect up to 4 additional internal drives(1) for the perfect balance of flexible expandability and superior performance. This card is an ideal companion to our G5 Jive™ internal drive mount system for Power Mac G5 computers—along with your SATA drives, this combination is the most cost effective way for adding up to 4 Terabytes of high-performance capacity to your G5.
Do you need more speed? Tempo SATA E4i offers 3Gb/s per port data transfer support and gives you performance to burn! You'll get great performance from individual drives, but grouping up to four Serial ATA hard drives in a RAID 0 (striped) set will provide astonishing sustained read/write performance numbers enough to capture and process High Definition video! Want more security? Set up your drives in a RAID 0 (mirrored) or RAID 10 (striped/mirrored) set for up to 2 Terabytes of data redundancy. When you need more flexibility and performance than offered by standard solutions, get a Tempo SATA E4i—it'll give you room to grow and blazing performance for the most demanding applications.
Key Benefits
- Affordable solution for adding four internal SATA ports to your computer
- 3 Gb/s per port SATA II controller
- Native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface for high-performance applications
- Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA drives
- Supports up to 4 drives(1)
- Hot-swap drive support(2)
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Mac Compatibility
- Power Mac G5 (with PCI Express x4 slot)
- Mac OS® X Version 10.3+(4)
- Snow Leopard compatible, 32 bit kernel only(5)
Windows Compatibility
- PC (with PCI Express x4 slots)
- Windows Vista(2)
- Windows® XP SP2(2)
Technical Specifications
| Hardware |
| Warranty |
1 Year Manufacturer Warranty |
| RoHS Compliant |
Yes |
| Bus Interface |
PCI Express x4 |
| Internal Connectors |
Four SATA |
| Drives Supported |
Up to 4(1) |
| Data Transfer Rate |
Up to 300 MB per second per port |
| ATAPI Support |
No |
| Drive Type Supported |
Serial ATA I & II; Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 (parallel)(3) |
| Firmware |
Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version |
| Bootability |
Not supported |
| Package Contents |
Tempo SATA E4i host adapter card, one serial ATA data cable, quick start guide, Software CD |
| Advanced Features |
- Spread Spectrum Clocking for compatibility with all SATA drivers and lower EMI emissions
- Bus Mastering frees CPU from data I/O handling
- 48-bit LBA support for drives larger than 137 GB
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Specifications subject to change without notice
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