GMAX Storage Solutions is releasing the first Raid controller to be developed and manufactured in the U.S. There are two version of the controller, the Star-X-F5 with a 4Gb Fibre connector and the Star-X-S5 with one eSATA port; both controllers allow the RAID unit to be configured as Raid 0,3 or Raid 5. Each unit comes as a 5 Bay unit scalable from 1.25 Tb to 20 Tb with a eSATA interface. Star-X-F5 is scalable from 1.25Tb to 10Tb using one dual Channel card or up to 20Tb using one 4 channel Fibre Card. GMAX uses a 5 BAY desktop solution for the controllers to minimize cost but also to still let cutomers use their eSATA or Fibre Ports on their computers. The GMAX Dual 4Gb Fibre HBA is based on a LSI Chipset, compatible with Mac and Windows. Available now. $2699 (Star-X-F5); $2399 (Star-X-S5); $899 (GMAX Fibre card) www.gmaxstorage.com
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