CalDigit FASTA-2e, 2 Port PCI Express SATA 3G Host Adapter Card, for Mac Pro, G5 and Windows Desktops

SKU: CD727100

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2010-04-10T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Works way better than others

This card is great. I bought a internal hardrive and a docking bay and hooked it up. It works way faster than firewire or any other connection

madmeister

CalDigit FASTA-2e Specifications

  • Interface

    SATA 3Gb/s.

  • Host Connection Type

    PCI Express

  • Data Transfer Rate

    Up to 300 MB/s per port

  • Channels

    2

  • Device Support

    Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s

  • Hot Swap Support

    Yes

  • Connectors

    2 x eSATA

  • Maximum Cable Length

    6.6' (2 m)

  • Hardware

    Available PCI Express Slot

  • Power

    Powered by motherboard

  • Operating System

    Macintosh: Apple Mac OS 10.4
    Windows: Microsoft Windows XP

  • Warranty

    3 year warranty

About CalDigit FASTA-2e

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Works way better than others

By madmeister

This card is great. I bought a internal hardrive and a docking bay and hooked it up. It works way faster than firewire or any other connection

The first external PCI-e SATA 3G host adapter card compatible with Apple's latest Mac Pro and Power MAC G5 Dual-core. FASTA-2e features high speed SATA 3G connection at 3 Gbps bandwidth and allows the user to connect two external SATA 3G devices to the Apple Computer's latest Power MAC G5 and Mac Pro.

This card is the perfect solution for users who are using video capture devices such as DV, VCR, AJA Io, LA, LD that require the full bandwidth of FireWire and high speed access to external hard drives. This is the only SATA PCI-e card that is designed for video editing. This adapter supports DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflows.

CalDigit FASTA-2e Features

  • Enhance your editing experience: FASTA-2e can easily handle multi-stream of a variety video formats such as DVCPro HD, 8 bit SD, 10 bit SD, HDV, etc. It allows you to connect up to 2 external SATA devices with 3Gbps bandwidth for fast data transfer.
  • Upgrade your G5 Dual-core: FASTA-2e provides the missing external SATA ports for the G5 Dual-core. The FASTA-2e offers two external SATA 3G ports at up to 3 Gbps. The card enables individual drives or RAID arrays to be fully utilized as high-performance storage on your G5 Dual-core.
  • High performance and protection: FASTA-2e is dedicated to deliver not only the high speed SATA 3G external storage connectivity that the G5 Duo-core has been missing, but also, the reliability to protect your digital content.
  • 3.0 Gbps bandwidth transfer speed.
  • Plug and Play
  • Downward compatible with SATA I device
  • Compatible with a variety of capture cards, like AJA, BMD, Matrox

What's in the box:

  • CalDigit FASTA-2e 2-Port PCI Express Adapter
  • Software CD-ROM
  • CalDigit 3 Year Warranty