Addonics Port Multiplier Connects Multiple SATA Drives to a Single Controller -- Easy Solution for Building SATA Disk Enclosures for Digital Content Storage and Workstation/Networking Storage.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. -- Addonics Technologies, www.addonics.com, today announced its 5x1 eSATA Port Multiplier Also called a "fan-out," it is a device that expands one port into several. For example, an Ethernet port multiplier allows multiple stations to be connected to a 10Base5 cable via one transceiver tap. Otherwise, each station requires its own transceiver. (PM), which allows multiple drives to be connected to a 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. controller via one eSATA port for expanded storage Additional memory in IBM mainframes that is not normally addressable by applications. Introduced for the 3090 series, the data are usually transferred in 4K pages from expanded storage to central storage (main memory). See hiperspace. and high speed 3GB/sec. throughput for a wide range of applications. The Addonics port multiplier fits perfectly inside the Addonics Storage Tower, which Addonics announced in October. The Storage Tower is a compact aluminum drive enclosure solution that allows users to mix and match multiple drive interfaces as well as hard drive or optical storage devices. The Addonics 5x1 eSATA Port Multiplier is also designed to fit any standard SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. enclosure that has 2 bays or larger, and has a 50-pin Centronic SCSI connector on the back plane. The Port Multiplier can combine up to 5 SATA hard drives or optical drives into one eSATA connection to make it easier to build disk enclosures using SATA drives. The 5 drives can be set up as individual drives, as RAID, or as 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 (just a bunch of disks See JBOD. (jargon, storage) Just a Bunch Of Disks - (JBOD, or "Just a Bunch of Drives") A storage subsystems using multiple independent disk drives, as opposed to one form of RAID or another. ) to become one large hard drive depending on the controller used. When multiple PMs are combined with the Addonics 4-Port eSATA controllers, users can attach externally as many as 20 SATA hard drives to their computer via 1 controller. The solution is well suited for a variety of storage applications, including home and consumer electronics storage (digital content and high-definition video), JBOD or RAID storage arrays, and server and workstation storage. All devices connected to the Addonics Port Multiplier will be hot swappable. The solution is also operating system independent. Addonics offers several controllers that support the PM standard. Addonics advises users to use one of its PM-supported controllers or verify that another manufacturer's host controller supports the Port Multiplier. List price of the Addonics 5x1 eSATA Port Multiplier is $89. 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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