Asus P5E64 WS Pro Installation Manual page 19

Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial
ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and
doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external
SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions.
Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices.
See page 2-25 and 2-28 for details.
Dual RAID solution
The Intel ICH9R Southbridge incorporates six Serial ATA connectors with high
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performance RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 functions, and the Marvell controller provides
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another four external Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 functions,
making this motherboard an ideal solution to enhance hard disk performance and
data back up protection without the cost of add-on cards. See page 2-28 to 2-29
for details
IEEE 1394a support
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video
appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals
& other PC portable devices. See page 2-24 and 2-30 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio
systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface)
jacks. It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and
keeps the best signal quality. See page 2-24 and 2-25 for details.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network
gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks. This capability
ensures rapid transfer of data from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or
latency. See page 2-24 for details.
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