MRI-eSATA-II-e2R5

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

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

The MRI-eSATA-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. It can host external devices due to its Native Command Queuing, enclosure management device support, and selectable output strengths for backplanes 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 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 bootable drive
• Supports 2.5Gbps PCIe x1
• Supports two independent Serial ATA channels
• Two Pin headers on board for LED connection

Specifications

• FCC Class B (DoC) Regulatory approval
• Silicon Image Chipset
• 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
• Features independant 256-byte FIFO buffers per channel for increased host read and write speeds
• Requires Windows 2000 or later
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a and Serial ATA II Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a Specifications revision 1.1
• Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s
• Supports SATA II First-party DMA commands for Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• RoHS Compliant
• Supports 64bit / 32bit Windows Vista