MRI-eSATA-II-X64-4MR5

PCI-X 64Bit 4 Port Infiniband Multilane eSATA (II) Controller with RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD

Introducing the Cream of our SATA host adapter range. Providing anyone with a PCI-X 64 slot unparalleled features and performance.

The MRI-eSATA-II-X64-4R5 is based on the radical chip architecture from Silicon Image, the SiI 3124 chipset offers a 4 port SATA II host controller over a single Multilane, Infiniband connection, that takes SATA bus performance and features to enterprise levels. Capable of controller to disk transfer rates up to 4x 3.0Gbps (12Gbps), this card is perfect for mass transaction servers, such as web, email, application and data storage systems that require maximum performance.

The 4 independent Serial ATA channels can be added over a 512MB/sec PCI-X slot, which can be configured for both RAID and non-RAID operations. Hardware RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 1+0 (mirrored stripe), as well as software RAID 5 (parity stripe) features are supported through Silicon Image�s SATARaid� RAID management utility. Designed for optimum performance, multiple commands for each port can be loaded into the chip memory eliminating the need for host CPU intervention and minimizing PCI bus usage. Command execution engines dramatically reduce latency between commands, ensuring that drives stay fully loaded with queued commands.

Features

• Supports RAID 5 (parity) for the most reliable performance!
• Supports JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) for expanded customisability!
• Coexists with Ultra ATA controllers and allows you connect up to 4 more SATA (II) devices.
• Hot-plug capability
• Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ
• Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
• 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
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multiplier
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• 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
• Low Profile PCI form factor
• Type 4x Multilane SATA connector with thumbscrews

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 64-bit wide PCI bus at 133MHz & data transfer rates to 300MB/s (3Gb/s)
• 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
• 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
• Independent Link, Transport, data FIFO, command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• RoHS Compliant
• Supports 64bit / 32bit Windows Vista