MRI-SATA-II-e2R5

PCIe x1 2 port SATA II RAID 0, 1, 5 & JBOD controller

This SATA host adapter, converts x1 PCI express to 2x SATA II RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD boasting server-class features for your desktop PC.

The MRI-SATA-II-e2R5 is based on Sil3132 chipset and supports x1 2.5Gbps PCI express bus and the SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps (300 MB/s). It has its own onboard chip to supply full Hardware based RAID 0+1 as well as software provided for RAID 5 & JBOD configurations. Ideal for hosting multiple devices due to its Native Command Queuing, management device support, and selectable output strengths for multipliers with hot-plug support up to 10 drives.

It also supports the SATA port multiplier specification and FIS-based switching, which enables the execution of commands and transfer of data to multiple drives concurrently for unequalled data throughput over a single SATA link.

Features

• Supports RAID 5 (parity) for the most reliable performance!
• Supports JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) for expanded customisability!
• Hot-plug capability
• Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multiplier
• Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on 2 drives
• Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to multiple drives
• RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring
• Supports bootable drive
• Low Profile PCI form factor
• Supports 2.5Gbps PCIe x1

Specifications

• FCC Class B (DoC) Regulatory approval
• Silicon Image Chipset
• Compliant with Serial ATA specification, rev. 2.0 and PCI-X 64-bit specification, rev. 1.0
• Supports specific BIOS and driver for RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring), RAID level 10 (Striping and Mirroring) functions and Just a Bunch Of Disks
• Supports software based RAID level 5 (Parity)
• Supports various makes of large capacity Serial ATA (II) hard disks and backward compatible
• Requires Windows 2000 or later
• Low Profile PCI form factor bracket available
• Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s
• Supports SATA II First-party DMA commands for Native Command Queuing (NCQ)