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SeriTek/1eVE4 4-Port 1.5Gb/s eSATA PCI / PCI-X Host Adapter
Up to 4 SATA devices | Fully Bootable
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.
- Latest external eSATA ports with hot-swap capability; supports hot-swapping of independent and RAID volumes
- Plug-and-Play ease of use
- 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