The IOGEAR eSATA RAID5 eSATA 3Gbps External 2-port PCI-Express Card adds 2 external SATA ports to your desktop computer. It is great for users who want to add SATA connectivity to their computers but do not want to buy a whole new computer. Devices commonly used with this host adapter are hard drives, Blu-ray optical drives HD-DVD drives, media center drives and more . The low profile design of this adapter makes it ideal for computers that have limited internal expansion space.

The IOGEAR eSATA RAID5 eSATA 3Gbps External 2-port PCI-Express Card also supports multiple RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) configurations. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability or increased I/O performance, or both. The card supports RAID 5, 0, 1, 10 & JBOD setups.

This card is designed to work on the high-bandwidth PCI-Express interface, effectively quadrupling the amount of available computing bandwidth over the traditional PCI interface. IOGEAR'S PCI-Express SATA Cards support all Serial ATA features, including 3.0Gbps SATA transfer speeds, Native Command Queuing, port multipliers with FIS-based switching, programmable output signal swing strengths for longer external cables or extended backplanes, hot plugging, enclosure management and ATAPI device support.

• 48 bits LBA Break Capacity -limit to Support HDD larger than 137GB
• eSATA transfers rate of 3.0Gbps
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 Specifications
• Supports two independent Serial ATA Channels
• Independent Link, Transport and data FIFO
• Independent Command, fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ
• Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ
• Supports FIS -based switching with Port Multipliers
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• Two Pin Headers on board for LED connection
• RAID 5 (Distributed Parity RAID) has the highest Read data transaction rate and Aggregate transfer rate
• JBOD is a virtual disk that combines all disk one entire disk drive
• Provides RAID 0 (stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to multiple drives
• Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring)to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on two drives
• RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both striping and mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from stripping and the data availability and integrity that comes from mirroring
• Comes complete with the drivers for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server
• Supports Windows Vista
• Supports Mac OS OS X 10.4.9, 10.4.10, & 10.5.1
• Fully RoHs Compliant

• Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server
• Windows Vista 64 bit / 32 bit
• Mac OS X 10.4.9, 10.4.10, & 10.5.1
• Mac OS X 10.4.11 (only supports Intel based system, not PowerPC based system)
• Supports Mac 10.5.6 and 10.5.7 (download driver from http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=32&cat=3&os=3)
• Available PCI Express slot
• RAID 5 and RAID 0+1 require Port Multiplier and 3 or 4 drives

Note:  Enclosed Card will not fit into a standard PCI slot.

 

• 1 x eSATA PCI Express Card
• 1 x Driver CD
• 1 x Low PCI Bracket
• 1 x Quick Start Guide