Apple Online Store Selects HighPoint RocketRAID eSATA

HighPoint Technologies, Inc. announced the RocketRAID eSATA For Mac as the first and only eSATA RAID Controller available on Apple online store. The RocketRAID eSATA For Mac is the world’s fastest Dual-Port eSATA controller with maximum transfer rates up to 1000MB/s and supports both 32/64-bit bootable out-of-box designed for Mac Pro platforms.

Apple address eSATA controller for online customers
With SATA hard drive performance and densities increasing substantially from year to year, Firewire and USB are no longer the only connectivity interfaces for external drives. The eSATA interface has emerged as the fastest connectivity for large capacity external drives at 1TB and higher. Apple is addressing this need with the selection of the RocketRAID eSATA For Mac to provide a complete eSATA storage selection for their online customers. The Apple online store currently lists over 20 external drives and HighPoint is the only eSATA controller listed on Apple’s online store.

True eSATA controller for Mac Pro platforms
The RocketRAID eSATA For Mac is a true eSATA controller for Apple Mac Pro platforms integrated with bootable engine out-of-box. The RocketRAID eSATA For Mac unlocks the full potential of external storage devices. The PCI-Express x4 bus speed supplies unprecedented transfer rates up to 1000 MB/s – for a dual-port eSATA controller while other conventional 2-port eSATA controllers only provide x1 transfer rates, which can severely limit their effectiveness for transferring and working with HD digital media. The controller is fully tested with mainstream external drives from Seagate (FreeAgent Xtreme) and Western Digital (Mybook) as well as other external drive based on Oxford and Silicon Image chipsets.