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2-port eSATA PCI-E Host Card
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The 2-port eSATA PCI-E Host Card offers a simple upgrade solution for computer systems with a PCI-Express card slot, but no internal SATA connector. When the PCI Express card is connected to the motherboard, the port bracket provides two eSATA ports to connect SATA HDD RAID systems or enclosures.
The eSATA PCI-E Host Card supports a single-lane 2.5Gb per second PCI Express bus, and has a SATA II transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb per second. It provides bridging connection to the eSATA devices and delivers a dramatic speed increase over the standard USB 2.0 and FireWire.
The identical protocol and signaling of the eSATA PCI-E Host Card allows native SATA devices to be used with external enclosures, and with minimal modification. Most external HDD enclosures with FireWire or USB interfaces support either PATA or SATA drives; and provide a "bridge" between the drive's interface and the enclosure's external port. This bridging may incur some inefficiency. During real use, some of the single HDD can transfer up to 120 MB/s. This is twice as much as the maximum USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) transfer rates and over the maximum FireWire 800 transfer rate.
Low-level drive features such as S.M.A.R.T. may not be operated through USB or FireWire bridging, but the eSATA PCI-E Host Card will solve this issue.
| Extended Connection | eSATA ports x 2 |
| Data Transfer Rate | Up to 300MBps |
| Dimension | 67 x 63 MM |
| Weight | 40 G |
| Certification | CE, FCC |
