Product Description

The IOGEAR 4-port RAID 5 eSATA 1.5Gbps PCI card adds 4 external eSATA ports to your desktop computer. It is great for users who want to add SATA connectivity to their computers but do not want to buy a whole new computer. Devices commonly used with this host adapter are next generation hard drives, DVD drives such as Blu-ray optical drives, HD-DVD drives and personal media drives. The low profile design of this adapter makes it ideal for computers that have limited internal expansion space.The IOGEAR RAID 5 eSATA 1.5Gbps External 4-port PCI card also supports multiple RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) configurations. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability or increased I/O performance, or both. The card supports RAID 5, 0, 1, 10 and JBOD setups.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37705 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Iogear
• Model: GIC704SR5
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.25" h x 7.00" w x 7.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Sold Individually

Customer Reviews

Non-functional, Customer Support a disaster
I purchased this card to use with SATA multi-drive enclosures that have an internal SATA hub. I was using a 2-port card, but needed more. It did not work, and I called their customer support for assistance. After 4 interactions, which took about 2 weeks, I gave up and sent the card back.

My problem may have simply been an interface compatibility and I asked about such. I never got a single piece of useful information from them. No one seemed to know anything about the card. Twice I was told that there was no such product, even though I gave them their own product code.

My rating is based on the vendor interactions, as I still have no idea whether the problem was the result of a bad card, product incompatibility, or a configuration issue.