MRI-eSATA-II-X64-2/2R5

PCI-X 64Bit 2 internal 2 external port SATA II RAID Controller

The MRI-eSATA-II-X64-2/2R5 is a Serial ATA II PCI-X RAID Host Adapter to accommodate Serial ATA II devices with the powerfull technology of RAID.

Any system with a PCI-X and PCI buses interface can simply add 4 (scaleable up to 20) Serial ATA II devices by installing the MRI-eSATA-II-X64-2/2R5 RAID controller. It comes with built in hardware RAID for configurations of 0 (stripping) or 1 (mirroring). It comes with 2 external and 2 internal ports for one of the most versatile storage configurations on the market.

Serial ATA II is a high-speed serial link replacement for the parallel ATA attachment of mass storage devices. It is backward compatible with the current Serial ATA specifications. The serial link employed is a high-speed differential layer that utilizes Gigabit technology and 8b/10b encoding. The current data rate is 3.0Gb/s (=300MB/s). The built-in Silicon Image chip provides deep FIFOs, watch dog, 133MHz PCI-X transfer features and complete software driver and RAID KIT. It is the right choice for a PCI to Serial ATA II versatile devices.

Features

• Coexists with Ultra ATA controllers and allows you connect up to 4 more SATA (II) devices.
• PCI Bus Burst Mode up to 133MB/s
• Hot-plug capability
• Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• 48 bits LBA can Break Capacity-Limit to Support HDD larger than 137GB
• Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ Supports SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps
• 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 four independent Serial ATA channels
• Supports bootable drive
• Acts as NON-RAID when BIOS not configured RAID
• 2x Shielded & Durable eSATA connectors
• On-board flash BIOS for future upgrade
• 2 Internal and 2 External (Shielded) SATA Connectors

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
• Features Watch Dog timer for fault resiliency and flash memory for future BIOS upgrade
• Supports various makes of large capacity Serial ATA (II) hard disks and backward compatible
• Internal application interface multiplexed to 4 ports
• 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)
• RoHS Compliant
• Complete with drivers for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Linux