Serial ATA (SATA) is the latest generation of the ATA interface, and an optimal solution for RAID. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds of up to 150MB/sec. Serial ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier for you to connect your drives and improving the airflow inside your PC. Also, Serial ATA uses a point-to-point configuration topology, eliminating master/slave bus sharing and improving multi-drive system throughput.If you want to move into the world of SATA, take advantage of RAID, and migrate your existing ATA components to a serial platform, the FastTrak S150 TX2plus provides an easy upgrade path. The controller allows you to integrate new or existing Ultra ATA drives with the latest Serial ATA drives as part of your new RAID storage subsystem.The FastTrak S150 TX2plus supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations. With a FastTrak S150 TX2 Plus controller, you also get the benefit of Promise Technology's industry-leading ATA feature set. To assure faster transfers, Promise's ATA software uses sophisticated handling techniques to make data transfers more efficient and minimize overloading the host system CPU and slowing system response. Every Promise controller also supports drive capacities exceeding 137GB. Promise cards can be used on both 33MHz and 66MHz PCI bus motherboards for wider compatibility and improved performance.
Specifications:
Device Support TX4: (4) Serial ATA/150 Drives
TX2plus: (2) Serial ATA/150 Drives; (2) Ultra ATA/133 Drives
Drive Support: Serial ATA/150, Ultra ATA/133† , Ultra ATA/100†
RAID Levels Supported: RAID 0+1 striping/mirroring; RAID 1 mirroring;
RAID 0 striping, JBOD
PCI Bus: 32-bit 33/66MHz PCI bus: PCI 2.3 compliant
Data Transfer Rate: Up to 266MB/sec (66 MHz PCI); Up to 133MB/sec (33 MHz PCI)
FastBuild™ BIOS: Optimizes drive performance by drive type; flashable for future
upgrades; supports multiple arrays; boots system from any array;
BBS compliant; setup menus for custom array creation
48-bit LBA Support: Recognizes drive capacities exceeding 137GB each
Data Protection Features: Mirrors data to second drive or drive pair for RAID 1 and
RAID 0+1; offers hot spare support for instant rebuild of
failed drive in 2-drive RAID 1
Advanced Data Features: Bus mastering offloads data I/O handling from host CPU; CRC
error-checking of Serial ATA and Ultra ATA drives for data
reliability during transfers; tagged command queuing and
elevator seek for optimized data handling
Promise Array Management : Monitors status of arrays, hard drives, and controller via TCP/IP;
warns of drive failure; allows rebuilds of mirrored arrays;
synchronizes data in fault-tolerant arrays; email notification for
specified array events; S.M.A.R.T.-compatible status reporting
ACPI Support : S1, S3, & S4
Operating Systems: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux
