4 Port External SATA PCI CARD
The SeriTek/1VE4 Host Adapter provides an easy and affordable way for Macintosh users to add inexpensive, high-speed storage. With four external shielded Serial ATA ports, each offering 1.5Gbits/sec performance, the SeriTek/1VE4 provides the high bandwidth to meet the needs of performance-hungry applications. The SeriTek/1VE4 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.
Key Features and Benefits
* Four external 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
* 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.
Package Contents
* SeriTek/1VE4 PCI-X Serial ATA controller with four external SATA connectors
* User's manual
Serial ATA Hard Drive Compatibility
Note: Early Hitachi Serial ATA hard drives are incompatible with the SeriTek/1VE4 Host Adapter. This is due to a seldom-used Serial ATA feature called SSC, which is enabled on these hard drives. The SeriTek/1VE4 does not support this feature. Newer model Hitachi Serial ATA hard drives should be compatible with SeriTek/1VE4.
At this time, the following Hitachi Deskstar hard drives have the SSC feature disabled, and are compatible with the SeriTek/1VE4 host adapter:
* Model 7K400 (400GB) � Part Numbers 0A30984 and 0A30985
* Model 7K250 (250GB) � Part Number 0A30340
* Model 7K250 (160GB) � Part Number 0A30339
* Model 7K250 (120GB) � Part Number 0A30338
* Model 7K250 (80GB) � Part Number 0A30337
Other Serial ATA hard drives from manufacturers such as Maxtor, Seagate, and Western Digital do not have this feature enabled by default and are therefore compatible.
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