User guide, Host adapter hard drive hard drive, Page 3 – Granite Digital SATA G5 Mounting Bracket Kit User Manual

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Host Adapter

Hard

Drive

Hard

Drive

Granite Digital • 3101 Whipple Rd. • Union City, Ca. 94587

www.granitedigital.com

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USER GUIDE

How SATA Works

SATA II (Serial ATA) is a High Performance Serial Bus designed to transfer

data at up to 300MBytes per second. This ultra-fast data transfer rate is perfect
for storage applications where speed is a critical issue. The low cost of the
SATA drives also provide affordable backup and archiving solutions.

Granite offers a variety of host adapters that support the Hot-Swap

capabilities of SATA. These PCI cards and PCMCIA adapters support multiple
drives. Check the Granite website

(www.granitedigital.com)

for a complete

listing all our host adapters.

SATA is simple to configure because each drive operates on a separate

channel. The cable goes from the host adapter to the drive and ends there.
Installation is only a matter of plugging in the host adapter, plugging in the
cable, turning on the drive and booting up the computer.

This G5 SATA Double Drive Internal Mounting Kit includes a bracket for

mounting up to two drives, cables, and your choice of either a PCI or PCI-e
Host Adapter. The newer dual and quad core G5’s use the newer PCI-e bus
while older G5’s use the standard PCI bus.

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