Addonics Announces CardBus eSATA RAID5/JBOD Controller; Terabyte Storage Capability, High-Speed Transfers, and TiVO Compatibility for Notebook PCs.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Notebook PC users can now have high performance SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. technology, RAID 5 and a TeraByte of external storage capability via one CardBus slot with Addonics Technologies' new CardBus eSATA RAID5/JBOD Adapter. The Addonics CardBus adapter comes built-in with 2 eSATA ports and RAID5/JBOD firmware. Users can attach two external SATA hard drives and configure them as RAID 0, RAID 1 or as one large hard drive. By stripping multiple hard drives, users can achieve data transfer performance that far exceeds any notebook hard drive performance. High-speed storage and RAID capability is no longer an issue for organizations using notebook PC as desktop replacements. With the Addonics CardBus eSATA RAID5/JBOD Adapter users can also attach to each eSATA port as many as five hard drives in an external drive enclosure that has a built-in port multiplier as the Addonics Storage Tower. The five hard drives can be configured as RAID 1, 0, 10 or 5. Using the JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks configuration, users can combine the five hard drives into one large two-TeraByte external storage system for their notebook PC. Together with the Addonics family of eSATA cables, notebook users can achieve the fastest performance with external SATA storage device, as much as 150 MB/sec, which is three times faster the data transfer rate of USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0. 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 shielded and wired to increase EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. protection and to ensure SATA signal integrity in external applications over a two meter distance. In addition, the Addonics controller can be connected to some PVR See DVR. (personal video recorders), set-top boxes and TiVO devices with the optional Addonics external SATA cable (AASAEDC3F). The Addonics CardBus eSATA RAID5/JBOD Adapter (ADCBSAR5-2E) has a MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $79.95. Addonics products are available through the company online store www.shopaddonics.com, major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including Amazon.com, PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Buy.com, Provantage.com, Insight, and Ingram Micro. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external and mobile storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 2466 Kruse Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, Phone: 408-433-3899. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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