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This new family of PCI Express controllers offer the latest 3G/sec SATA performance and configuration flexibility at an amazingly affordable price. Comes with 2 eSATA II ports for external SATA connection. both controllers can also be installed in low profile PCs using the bundled low profile bracket. The 2 eSATA ports can be easily configured as 2 individual ports with no RAID or with RAID 0, RAID 1 using the Mac OS Disk Utility. The 2 port eSATAII PCI Express host controller is also Port Multiplier compatible, thus offering potential expansion capability and new storage solutions.

For more detail on this new eSATA external connector, please review the following white paper posted on SATA-IO.org Want to know more about Serial ATA? Please visit our tutorial page

Product Features

• Use as a non-RAID or RAID controller. Create RAID 0 or 1 using the Mac OS Disk Utility.
• Install into both standard height or low profile system.
• Install in PCI-Express BUS
• Fully compliant with SATA II and SATA 1.0 standard
• Maximum 3Gbits/sec per port
• Support NCQ commands
• Compatibility with Port Multiplier
• Silicon Image chip set SiI 3132
• Compatible with Mac Pro OS X 10.4.x**, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Vista, Linux (2.4 kernel and higher)
• Upgradeable firmware
• Hot swap support - drive can be removed and added without system shut down or restart ***
• eSATA connector for more secure connection, reliability and supports up to 2 meters cable length
• List of Linux Distributions compatible with Addonics SATA Host Controllers

*Note: It is common in RAID5 configuration that the WRITE speed performs slower than READ. Depending on system hardware, the WRITE performance can drop to 25% of the READ speed. This performance difference does not affect general database application where majority of the transations are READ commands. For applications that require large files transfer or continuous writing of data on the the hard drive such as video editing, RAID5 configuration may not be desirable.

**A recent incompatibility has been uncovered with the latest Silicon Image chipset 3132 1.1.6 drivers on Mac Pro systems with a 3.0Ghz processor, or up to or exceeding 4GB of RAM with the ADSA3GPX1-2EM. An updated driver version 1.1.9 was been released to support RAM up to and exceeding 4GB, available from the Host Controller driver download page. The G5 quad core processor is not supported.

*** Hot swapping hard drive has been tested on Windows OS only. When drives are configured as RAID 0 and certain RAID combination, the removal of the hard drive will result in breaking the RAID set and result in data loss.

**** Note: There are currently reports of incompatibility with this controller under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Please check back for updates on this incompatibility.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258

Part number and Pricing

Option 1: External SATA (eSATA) - SATA converter cable (model AASA2SAP15C, 15 cm.) plus External SATA data cable (model AASAEDC3F, 100 cm.)

The 15 cm. cable (AASA2SAP15C) converts the new eSATA connector back to standard SATA External connector plug. Together with the standard 100 cm. External SATA cable (AASAEDC3F), SATA storage device can then be connected to this controller. This combination gives the flexibility of connecting any external SATA device , to this eSATA controller or *PVR/Set Top Box to the standard SATA ports that are commonly found in most of today's SATA equipped systems.

Option 2: eSATA - SATA cable (AASA2SA100C, 100 cm.)

One end of this cable has the new eSATA connector for connecting to this eSATA controller, *PVR or Set Top Box. The opposite end has the the current standard SATA connector for connecting to SATA hard drive or other Addonics external SATA storage devices.

*At the present time, some PVRs (a few models from TiVo) and Set Top Boxes are equipped with this new eSATA connector.

Optional cables

Model	Description and Package Content (All external SATA cables are constructed with extra cable shielding to reduce EMI and improved signal integrity over 2 meter distance. Connector shell is constructed with metal clip for tighter connection and durability in external application. )	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
AASA2SAP15C	eSATA2 - SATA converter cable, 15cm (convert eSATA port to standard standard SATA port)	$9
AASAEDC3F	External SATA data cable - 100 cm (standard female SATA connector on both ends)	$9
AASA2SA100C	eSATA - SATA cable, 100 cm (connect storage device with standard SATA port to controllers with eSATA port)	$12.99
AAESATA100C	eSATA - eSATA cable, 100 cm (eSATA ports on both ends of cables)	$9
AAESATA200C	eSATA - eSATA cable, 200 cm (eSATA ports on both ends of cables)	$13.99

Specifications

• 48 bits LBA, support HDD partition larger than 137GB
• Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express
• Hot-plug capability
• SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications
• Supports two independent Serial ATA channels
• Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ
• Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ
• Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• Two Pin headers on board for LED connection
• Temperature: Operating 0 to 70 degree C.
• Storage: -25 to 90 degree C.
• Humidity: Operating 20% to 80%
• Non Operating 15% to 90%
• Completely with drivers for Mac Pro OS X 10.4.x**, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Vista, Linux (2.4 kernel and higher)
• RoHS Compliant