Sonnet TSATA6-SSD-E2 - Tempo SSD 6Gb/s SATA PCIe 2.0 Drive Card for SSDs

If you've been thinking about fast, bootable storage, you've read the stories and seen the reviews; SSDs are hot right now. Not only do they offer tremendous performance and easily outperform hard disk drives, they are more reliable, their prices are dropping and you can get more capacity than ever. If you've got a Mac Pro® or older Windows® desktop computer, you could just get a couple of 2.5" SSDs (plus necessary adapters) and install them in some empty drive bays (if there are any) and be done with it—but the 3Gb/s SATA interface in your computer won't support fast 6Gb/s SSDs at full speed. You could also get a 6Gb/s eSATA adapter plus external mount SSD storage, but they come with the excess baggage of power adapters and cable clutter. Sonnet engineered a great alternative—Tempo™ SSD. It's a fast 6Gb/s SATA PCI Express® adapter card that enables you to attach readily available 2.5" SSDs and install the assembly neatly into a single PCIe slot, no cables or drivers necessary.

Tempo SSD: Adds Fast SSDs to Your System
Tempo SSD features a unique modular design that grows with your needs. Out of the box, this Sonnet solution is a half-length, full-height card to which you attach one SSD. It's small enough to fit in most spaces, perfect for installing a single SSD into your system. With the included extension plate attached, the Tempo SSD is transformed into a full-length card to which you can install an additional SSD. Adding the second SSD allows you to improve performance or data security by exploiting macOS or Windows RAID features. This card uses a fast 6 Gb/s SATA controller chipset and PCIe 2.0 x2 interface to deliver read speeds up to 660 MB/s from a pair of SSDs configured as a RAID 0 set. AHCI compliance ensures installation of the card is simple—attach your SSDs with provided screws, mount the card in an available PCIe slot, and turn on your computer—the necessary drivers are installed automatically. Drive health monitoring is supported through S.M.A.R.T. data reporting.

Features:

• Compatible with 2019 Mac Pro
• Works In Thunderbolt™ Expansion Systems (like Sonnet's Echo Express, xMac Pro Server, and xMac mini Server)
• Optimized for Maximum Performance Over Thunderbolt
• Mounts One or Two High-Performance 6 Gb/s SSDs (sold separately)
  in an Available PCIe Slot of Your Mac, PC, or Thunderbolt Expansion System
• High-Performance PCIe 2.0 x2 Interface
• Great Performance – Up to 660 MB/s
• Unique Modular Design
• RAID Support
• Boot Support (from Single SSD only)
• AHCI Compliant – No Drivers Required
• Compatible with Mac® and Windows
• 2-year Product Warranty
• Free Lifetime Customer Technical Support
• Designed in the USA