The Karma® TFHDD HTPC Home Theatre PC Storage Case

The Karma TFHDD HTPC home theatre pc storage case is an additional storage hard drive casing to compliment the Karma T-series range of HTPC chassis. Engineered using a 5 port e-SATA multiplier based on a chipset from Silicon Image, the enclosure provides an expandable storage environment that is stackable providing the ultimate security for your data and storage needs.

The Karma® TFHDD eSATA Multiplier

The Karma TFHDD HTPC extra storage chassis has a specially integrated eSATA connection, which connects all the hard drives inside to one eSATA connector, then you can connect your home theatre pc direct to the TFHDD and access the extra storage devices inside. The Karma TFHDD incorporates the CGS-3726-A1 SATA II 1-to-5 port multiplier and is aimed at higher-speed multimedia file storage applications and provides the perfect solution for video or image file storage. Supports 48-bit addressing for large hard drives (including TB drives) and connecting up to five SATA drives, the TFHDD provides the ultimate in storage solutions.

Extra Storage Capabilities with the Karma® TFHDD HTPC

Is your DVD collection starting to fill up your hard drive really fast? Worried about your hard drives dying and losing your precious media collections? Want to have a really cool amount of data storage capacity or simply want to back up your media? The Karma TFHDD solves all of these issues and is the ideal partner for your home theatre pc.

Personalize Your TFHDD Storage Environment

Fitting into the modular design of the T-series of enclosures, the Karma TFHDD can easily be implemented into any T-series HTPC chassis or any home theatre pc, enabling you to personalize your storage environment and tailor your storage capacity with the enclosures that you require.

Technical Details

Brand: Karma
Internal Drive Bays: 5 x 3.5" hard drive
PSU Support: SFTX, Flex ATX, DC/DC adaptor kit
Interface: eSATA storage controller / port multiplier
Colour: Black
Applications: The CGS-3726-A1 port multiplier is aimed at the higher-speed multimedia file storage's via a simple single external eSATA cable solution.
SATA II Mini Enclosures with multiple hard drives.
JBOD large storage enclosures with single cable connector.
RAID enclosures that use Software Stripe or Span.
Multi Drive Connection via single SATA II Cable.
Features: Supports 1-to-5 Native SATA2 Port Multiplier.
FIS-based and command-based switching.
Supports eSATA Host Connector.
Supports 5 SATA Device Connector.
1.5 GBps and 3.0 GBps auto negotiation.
Provides Host and Device LED's.
Physical Dimensions: 3.33" x 2.00" (8.45cm x 5.00cm).
Fit to most standard SCSI enclosure (SCSI I 50pin Connector Form Factor).
Uses Silicon Image's SATALink SiI 3726 chip technology.

The SiI 3726 Silicon Image's SATALink Chipset

The Karma TFHDD uses the latest Silicon Image SATALink chipset, the SiI 3726, which is a 1-to-5 Serial ATA (SATA) Port Multiplier designed to provide a high-performance link between a single SATA host port and five SATA device ports. With its unique data aggregation and 3Gbps serial link capabilities, the SiI 3726 takes full advantage of 3Gbps host links and FIS-based switching host controllers, like the Silicon Image SiI 3124, to provide ultra-fast read and write performance. The feature-rich SiI 3726 supports all port multiplier-related SATA II extensions, allowing system designers to exploit the full potential of SATA II across their storage solutions.