What PCI-express cards are you using?

[Mitchji]

Hi Harry,

Its reviewed here:
https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/sonnet/e4p/

[Mitchji]

The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P is the first shipping four port external native PCI Express (PCIe) 4x SATA host adapter for PowerMac G5 Dual-Core models, which were released Oct. 19, 2005.

Until recently, there was only one Macintosh PCIe SATA solution, which was the Highpoint RocketRAID. It uses a bridge board instead of a native PCIe interface. The Tempo SATA E4P allows the user to use Disk Utility to setup individual drives or a RAID, supports sleep mode, hot swap, passes SATA hard drive temperature data and is compatible with port multiplier enclosures. Many of these features are not available with the Highpoint solution.

No Boot Capability
The Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P does not have boot capability. FirmTek SATA host adapters provide this feature for PowerMac models with PCI or PCI-X slots. However, no company has released a PCI Express SATA host adapter for the Macintosh that supports booting so far.

[Harry Pallenberg]

Are you using one? In mission critical situation?

Thanks,
Harry.

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[Mitchji]

[Harry Pallenberg] “Are you using one?”

Hi Harry,

I am not using one. I thought the review might be helpful.

It also states that there is one other card available that works with PCI-E so you not only have the review but a choice if it doesn’t work out.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Harry Pallenberg]

The review is great.. thanks… aslo for any who care there is a thread on this very subject on Macgurus..

https://www.macgurus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21906

Thanks,
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