Product Review

Sonnet's smallest 6Gb/s SATA host controller features a single eSATA port. Through its single port, Tempo edge SATA 6Gb/s ExpressCard/34 can connect single drive enclosures (great for solid state drives [SSDs] or standard hard drives), or multi-drive storage systems with integrated hardware RAID controllers, like Sonnet's Fusion F3 2-drive system or Fusion D400QR5 4-drive system. Tempo edge SATA 6Gb/s ExpressCard/34 is versatile. Its fast 6Gb/s eSATA interface is well suited to deal with the increased bandwidth requirements of fast SSDs. It supports the RAID features of Mac OS X, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. It also supports hot-swapping of drives. You can connect optical drives, too. Installation is simple-just plug in the card to your computer's ExpressCard/34 slot and then start your computer-the necessary drivers are installed automatically. When you need to add flexible, external storage to your setup, Tempo edge SATA 6Gb/s ExpressCard/34 gets you connected, fast.