PCI-X 64Bit 4 external Port SATA (II) RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD
For flexibility over the PCI-X 64 slot, this host adapter gives you second to none features, without compromise of performance.
This card supports "direct connect" drive enclosures allowing you to add 4 individual drives, RAID configured as 0, 1, 1+0, 5! Plus, it also compatible with Port Multiplier enclosures like the MRI-4B-ENCLOSURE allowing you to connect up to 4 drives in one enclosure through a single cable either as standalone or JBOD. Using 500GB drives; you can connect an astounding 8 Terabytes (8,000 Gigabytes!) of storage!
Not only does this card offer 4 RAID-ready eSATA II ports for your high performance SATA II 3Gb/sec hard drives, it provides improved performance over comparable SATA RAID controllers by offering a PCI-X/133 MHz host interface with bandwidth up to 1056 MB/s, which is twice as much as a common 64bit PCI interface.
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 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
- Acts as NON-RAID when BIOS not configured RAID
