Sonnet's SATA cards support PCIe Macs
updated 10:25 pm EST, Mon January 9, 2006
Sonnet expands SATA lineup
, a new five-bay disk drive enclosure with a built-in port multiplier. The Tempo SATA E4P host adapter can support up to four Fusion 500P disk enclosures for "amazingly fast storage solutions and very large storage repositories," according to the company.
The new internal Tempo SATA E4i provides a portal for adding additional high-performance SATA storage inside a Power Mac G5 with PCIe slots. Sonnet has also updated the popular G5 Jive internal drive mounting system to be compatible with both PCI-X and PCIe Power Mac G5s.
“With Sonnet’s port multiplier aware Tempo SATA E4P, adding high-performance storage has never been easier,” states Steve Garceau, Sonnet product manager. “One cable connects each Fusion 500P offering simplicity and pay-as-you-grow affordability.”
A version for PCI-X machines, the Tempo SATA X4P, will also be available in February for $300. It features four (4) external ports as well.
Both the Tempo SATA E4P and Tempo SATA E4i cards feature a performance bandwidth of 3Gb per second per port, allowing for optimum drive speed. The Tempo SATA E4P retails for $300 and the Tempo SATA E4i retails for $200. Both support Mac OS X and Windows XP and will be available in early February.
