Quick N' Dirty way to add esata to your macpro.
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. 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.
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
Comes with card in anti static bag and a burned CD of the drivers.
$30 + shipping
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