The Sonnet Tempo SATA E2P features two external 300 MB/s SATA (eSATA) ports and supports SATA drive enclosures with port multipliers (like Sonnet’s Fusion 500P), which enable the use of up to 10 disk drives. Perfect for connecting mass storage, this card offers an affordable way to add external SATA connections. Tempo SATA E2P may be installed in any PCI Express slot, and is RoHS compliant.

Use the Sonnet Tempo SATA E2P to connect up to two external eSATA hard drives to your PCI Express equipped computer.  Or through its support of port multipliers on the eSATA ports—the two ports can handle up to ten hard drives*!  Used with high-performance drive enclosures like the Sonnet Fusion 500P Enclosure or this 5-Bay SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure, this card can manage the data flow of up to five drives in one enclosure through a single cable. Using high capacity 2TB drives, you can connect an astounding 20 Terabytes (20,000 Gigabytes!) of striped RAID storage!

Features:

• Two eSATA ports 
• 3 Gb/s per port SATA II controller 
• FIS-based port multiplier-aware to support up to 10 hard disk drives* 
• Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA hard drives 
• Hot-swap drive support 
• Compatible with Mac Pro, Xserve and Windows PCs equipped with PCIe slots

*Support for 10 drives requires the use of drive enclosures employing port multipliers like the Sonnet Fusion 500P or this 5-Bay SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure.

System Requirements:

• Desktop computer with available PCI Express (PCI-e) slot
• Windows XP SP2, Vista
• Mac Pro with Mac OS X 10.4.x or later
  Not compatible with G5s