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The ADSA3R5-E features 1 eSATA and 3 internal SATA ports, allowing the versatility of both the latest External SATA and the industry standard SATA slots. This controller provides your system with RAID5 and JBOD configurations, giving you superior performance using the standard PCI slot. This RAID5/JBOD controller supports configurations of RAID 1, RAID 0, RAID 1+0, RAID5 and JBOD. JBOD combines individual drives into one large volume to show as one drive letter.

External SATA (eSATA) connector also provides more secured cable connection, improved durability, increased EMI protection and up to 2 meters cable length. (For more detail on this new SATA external connector, please review the following white paper posted on SATA-IO.org)

With the Addonics optional Disk Array 4SA or 3SA system, you can add high performance storage system rivaling the traditional SCSI storage at less than half of the cost.

For more information on Serial ATA, please visit our tutorial page.

Product Features

• SATA II compliant
• Fits standard Desktop case and low profile systems
• PCI compatible
• Support data transfer of 3Gbits/sec (300MB/sec)*
• 1 eSATA / 3 Internal Serial ATA ports
• Work with any SATA drive
• eSATA connector for more secure connection, reliability and supports up to 2 meters cable length
• Support large hard drives of 137 GB or greater
• RAID5/JBOD controller configuration possibilities
• RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 1+0, RAID 1+ S, RAID5*
  • JBOD - combines individual drive into one large volume to show as one drive letter
  • Port Multiplier compatible
• Silicon Image chip set SiI 3124
• Hot swap - device can be removed and added without system shut down or restart
• simple plug and play
• compatible with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
• List of Sun OS x86 versions compatible with Addonics SATA Host Controllers
• 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.

Model and Pricing

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
ADSA3R5-E	1 eSATA/3 Ports RAID5/JBOD SATA II PCI controller Package content: 1 eSATA/3 Ports RAID5/JBOD SATA II PCI controller, 1 standard height bracket, 1 low profile bracket, software CD, user guide	$75

Click the following link for a complete listing of SATA cables and brackets.

Since the eSATA connector on this adapter is new to the market, connecting cable with this new connector may not be readily available. Addonics offers a complete cabling solution for External SATA applications. All Addonics external SATA cables are constructed with metal clips on the connectors for reliable repetitive insertion and tighter connection needed for external application. These cables are also heavily shield and wired to increase EMI protection and ensure SATA signal integrity in external application over a 2 meter distance.

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

PCI

• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.3
• Supports 66 MHz PCI with 32-bit data
• Internal application interface multiplexed to 4 ports
• All registers appear in unified memory space
• Full-chip command completion status accessible with single PCI burst access
• I/O port access to register space
• Low Profile PCI form factor

High Speed Serial ATA

• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a and Serial ATA II Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a Specifications revision 1.1
• Support SATA II transfer rate of 3G/sec (300 MB/ sec)
• Maximum transfer rate per port (150 MB/sec)*
• Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification
• Supports SATA II First-party DMA commands for Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Supports Serial ATA II Port Multiplier 1.0 Specifications revision 1.1
• Plesiochronous, Single PLL architecture, 1 PLL for 4 ports
• 48-bit LBA support
• Four independent DMA channels with 256B FIFO per channel
• Virtual DMA in PCI with serial link in legacy PIO mode
• Supports command buffering for ATA TF shadow registers
• Independent Link, Transport, data FIFO, command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.
• Supports bootable drive
• Hot-Plug capable
• Supports SATA active signal for 4 separate LEDs
• Built-in firmware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, 10 or 1+S, RAID 5, JBOD
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver
• Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep) per Serial ATA channel for host reads and writes
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
• Low Profile PCI form factor
• Integrated PCI DMA engines
• Temperature: Operating 0 to 70 degree C.
• Storage: -25 to 90 degree C.
• Humidity: Operating 20% to 80%
• Non Operating 15% to 90%
• Four Pin header on board for LED connection
• 32 bit, 33/66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface
• drivers for Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista

*The onboard SATA controller chip is SATA II compliant and capable of 3Gbits/sec. Depending on the clock rate of the PCI BUS, the actual data transfer may not be able to reach the 3Gbits/sec data transfer.

System Requirement

• PC/AT or Compatible System
• One free PCI slot
• Pentium or greater
• Minimum 32 MB RAM
• 10 MB minimum free hard disk space
• One of the following operating systems: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista