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Port Multiplier Enclosures & Accessories

Benefits of port multipliers:

The controller and the cabling cost is very low, compared to multilane alternatives when using a large number of drives. The solution occupies only 1 slot in your server, whereas a 12 or 16 port multilane solution would need at least 2 slots. It is the only way to have JBOD mode hot-swapping with more than four drives in a single slot. You can have 5 or 10 bays in a tower enclosure as opposed to 4 or 8 with our other solutions. If necessary, it is possible to convert the connection to USB via our eSATA to USB adapters.

Limitations of port multipliers:

If you have high-bandwidth slots (PCI-X or PCIe), performance will be limited to 300MB/s, unlike multilane enclosures. You will be limited to non-caching controllers and you will not be able to use RAID 6.

note - if you want to compare non-portmultiplier SATA/eSATA enclosures, links are below.

SATA Port Multiplier Enclosures
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External 5-drive eSATA enclosure with Port Multiplier
The port multiplier in this enclosure allows for an extra 5th drive while using only a single eSATA cable (included). Any SATA drive can be used, as well as PM capable Highpoint and Silicon Image controllers. Drives are mounted using the included brackets.
$199.00
Part#:
SC-SAT05B

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External 5-bay eSATA Enclosure with Port Multiplier
The port multiplier in this enclosure allows for an extra 5th drive and hot-swapping even in JBOD mode (with a Silicon Image controller) while using only a single eSATA cable (included). Any SATA drive can be used, as well as PM capable Highpoint controllers. Quiet, efficient cooling with alarms.
$299.00
Part#:
SC-SAT05PM

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External 10-bay eSATA Enclosure with Port Multipliers
The port multipliers in this enclosure allows for two extra drives and hot-swapping even in JBOD mode (with a Silicon Image controller) while using only two eSATA cables (included). Any SATA drive can be used, as well as PM capable Highpoint controllers. Quiet, efficient cooling with alarms.
$559.00
Part#:
SC-SAT10PM

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1U Rackmount SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure w/4 trays
Rackmount 1U Hot-swap SATAII enclosure for 4 3.5" SATA hard disks. Single eSATA connection to port-multiplier capable controller card. 275W 80% efficient power supply. 4 cooling fans.
$469.00
Part#:
SC-SAT4PM1U

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12-bay Hotswap Port Multiplier SATA Rackmount JBOD
Our 12 bay hot-swappable rackmount 4U JBOD SATA enclosure has 3 eSATA connectors on the back for connection to port-multiplier-capable controllers, with 4 drives on each channel. Effective, low-noise cooling is assured by 3 internal and 4 external fans.
$949.00
Part#:
SC-PM12RM

SATA Port Multiplier Ready Controllers
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Highpoint RocketRAID 2314 Controller Card
4-Port eSATA, PCIe x4 interface (x8 and x16 slot compatible), RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD, Includes 4 x eSATA to eSATA cables, Supports Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X
$185.00
Part#:
SC-RR2314

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Silicon Image 2-Port eSATA RAID Controller
SiI 3132 chipset, Supports Port Multipliers, RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10, Drivers for Windows 2000, XP, Linux, PCIe x1 interface, PC only
$44.00
Part#:
SC-ESATA-PCIE2

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Silicon Image 4-Port PCIe eSATA Controller
NEW!! 4-Port eSATA, SATA-II 3GB/s, High Performance x8 PCIe interface, Supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 and JBOD, Supports PC and MAC
$169.00
Part#:
SC-ESATA-PCIE4

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Silicon Image 4-Port PCI-X eSATA Controller
Silicon Image 3124 chipset, SATA-II, Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5, PCI-X, 4 eSATA ports, Drivers for Windows and Mac OS X 10.3 or later. This controller allows you to treat non-RAID (standalone) drives as removable, hot-swappable drives.
$94.00
Part#:
SC-ESATA-PCIX

SATA Port Multiplier Bundles
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10-Bay PCIe SATA Port Multiplier Kit
The complete external port multiplier bundle for systems with PCIe. Includes a 10-bay port-multiplier enclosure, 4-port x4 PCIe eSATA controller, and eSATA to eSATA external cable. With this setup, you can add one more 10-bay enclosure, sold separately.
$744.00
Part#:
SC-10PCIE-PM

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10-bay PCI-X SATA Port Multiplier Kit
The complete external port multiplier bundle for systems with PCI-X. Includes a 10-bay port-multiplier enclosure, 4-port PCI-X eSATA controller, and eSATA to eSATA external cable. With this setup, you can add one more 10-bay enclosure, sold separately.
$653.00
Part#:
SC-10PCIX-PM

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5-Bay PCIe SATA Port Multiplier Kit
The complete external port multiplier bundle for systems with PCIe. Includes a 5-bay port-multiplier enclosure, 4-port x4 PCIe eSATA controller, and eSATA to eSATA external cable. With this setup, you can add up to three more 5-bay enclosures, sold separately.
$504.00
Part#:
SC-5PCIE-PM

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5-bay PCI-X SATA Port Multiplier Kit
The complete external port multiplier bundle for systems with PCI-X. Includes a 5-bay port-multiplier enclosure, 4-port PCI-X eSATA controller, and eSATA to eSATA external cable. With this setup, you can add up to three more 5-bay enclosures, sold separately.
$413.00
Part#:
SC-5PCIX-PM

SATA Port Multiplier Chips
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Silicon Image Port Multiplier with 3726 Chip
Centronics mount. Used for external enclosures. Supports up to 5 SATA-II hard drives through a single eSATA cable.
$82.00
Part#:
SATA-3726PM



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