Lycom PCI-X SATAII Host Card
4 eSATA External Ports

RAID and Port Multiplier capable!
Supports up to 20 External Hard Drives
Windows XP, 2000, 2003 server, Vista and Linux

- PCI-X Mac G5 running 10.4 or 10.5

  Lycom’s Port Multiplier capable host cards are an excellent benefit to your computers storage performance resulting in enormous scaleability. This card mounts up to 4 drives directly or up to 20 drives when attached to enclosures with Port Multipliers such as the Burly Port Multiplier Enclosures available here in 4, 5 and 8 Bay versions as well as Rack Mount. This card fully supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and works with any SATA hardrive. Can be connected via a PCI-X bus running at 100 or 133 mhz and will also function in a PCI slot at the slower bus speed. Not recommended in Mac G4s.

   Capable of mounting the drives each independently or in any combination of software RAID. You can even create huge and incredibly fast arrays across multiple port multiplier systems for never before seen speeds and certainly never before seen capacities on a direct connected host card. Very versatile with great performance combined with the cost benefit of being able to attach less expensive smaller capacity drives in greater numbers for a huge per GB savings. The throughput from drives attached to these cards is exceptional giving full 300 MB/sec access to each of the four SATAII specification eSATA ports.

Compatible with:

• Windows XP, 95, NT, 98SE, ME, 2000, 2003 Server, DOS and Vista
• Mac OS 10.4 in PCI-X G5s
• Linux 32 and 64 bit versions

     
         
  
This host card has eSATA Ports:

   eSATA, a new external connection method for the SATA specification, is used on this card. More robust and better grounded, these connectors are the choice for external connected storage. Be aware though, confusion is also going to be common as the eSATA connectors are VERY similar in appearance to the current SATA Type A connectors more commonly being used. Use of an eSATA to eSATA external cable is currently needed to connect to the MacGurus Burly Enclosure. Be sure to select eSATA cables when ordering a companion Burly to go with your Lycom host card.

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Port Multiplication:
  Please check out our Guide to Port Multipliers for a better description of how this super technology works.

Features and Compatibility

• Supports Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP. Linux and Mac drivers available (see note below).
• Each port can support single direct connected drive or Port Multiplier with up to 5 drives
• SATAII bus compliance -- 300 MB/sec burst transfers! Auto switch 150/300 MB/sec auto negotiation
• PCI-X 100 and 133 MHz, PCI 33 MHz
• Supports full Hotswap capability
• Silicon Image chipset
• Built in RAID functions include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, JBOD
• RAID 5 Capable with the Windows Platform
• 4 External eSATA Ports
• 48 Bit LBA support - any drive capacity is supported
• Spread Spectrum Clocking compatibility with all SATA drives
• Firmware is upgradable via future updates
• FIS-based Port Multiplier capable
• 1 Year Warranty

 

  Note: Mac users must download a driver available here for the card to be recognized. Download driver version 2.0.3. Once the card has been physically installed, unzip the file and run the Sil3124 Mac OS X installer. Verify that the card is recognized by System Profiler in the "Hardware/PCI Cards" location. It will be seen as "pci1095,3124". Attach the drive enclosure and power it up. Your drives should be available in Disk Utility to be Formatted, Zeroed Out and renamed. You may also create a software RAID 0 (Striped) or RAID 1 (Mirrored) array in Disk Utility.

PCI-X eSATA RAID PM host for PC and Macs LYCeSATA-4X $90.00 PCI or PCI-X card for PCs and Macs. Mac OS X 10.4 and newer, all PC OS, Linux. Port Multiplier capable.

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Made to work with the Lycom eSATA Card

 MacGurus Burly Port Multiplier Enclosures are made for the maximum in reliability, capacity and speed. These interface perfectly with the Lycom eSATA cards giving you the best of all storage worlds. Click the image to see the full line up.

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