Promise Technology - FASTTRAK S150 SX4-M

• FastTrak S150 SX4-M RAID Controller Card
• 64 MB SDRAM DIMM Memory Card
• Quick Start Guide
• FastTrak driver diskette
• Four internal 4-wire Serial ATA hard drive data cables
• Two Y power splitter cables
• CD with:

• Drivers
• Promise Array Management (PAM) utility
• PAM User Manual
• FastTrak S150 SX4-M User Manual

• Promise RAID Processor with XOR engine for RAID parity calculations and memory controller for local cache memory
• FRAM for RAID 5 transaction log to avoid data corruption in the event of application hangs
• Built-in GPIO ports for enclosure management
• Storage capacity up to 1 terabyte (with four 250 GB drives)

RAID Fault Tolerance and Robustness Features:

• Online array expansion and RAID level migration to add capacity on the fly
• PerfectRAID technology for error handling and recovery of fatal, media and disk errors
• DRM (Drive Roaming Metadata) technology:

• Supports upgrade to any Promise storage sub-subsystem
• Supports drive roaming to any port on the controller
• Allows array roaming in the event of controller failure

• Support hot swap of failed drives and hot spare
• Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spare drive
• Background initialization for instant drive availability
• Background rebuild, migration and synchronization
• Error and event logging
• Variable stripe block size support to meet various application requirements
• Optimal disk utilization with gigabyte rounding
• Support for SMART capable drives
• Synchronization can be scheduled periodically for RAID array data consistency

Advanced Performance Features:

• Multiple caching policy support:

• Write-back: Write-back cache for maximum write performance
• Write-through: Write-through cache for data protection in the event of application freeze
• Read ahead: Predictive read ahead caching based on application and data types

• Packet commands and interrupt coalescing minimize interrupts for better performance
• Elevator seek streamlines commands based on where data is located on the disk
• Load balancing (mirrored RAID array only)

Promise Array Management:

• Creates, deletes, expands, and converts disk arrays remotely
• Array synchronization and rebuild scheduling
• Monitors drive, array, and enclosure status and provides online event logging
• E-mail notification of disk, array, controller or enclosure events (e.g. error or degrade conditions)

FastBuild BIOS:

• Array configuration utility at the BIOS level
• BIOS Boot Specification support: boot system from any array
• Flash-upgradable BIOS for future upgrades

The FastTrak S150 SX4-M Serial ATA RAID PCI adapter delivers industry-leading RAID 5 performance at an unprecedented performance-to-price ratio. For companies running popular applications like web services , file/email serve r s , audio/video streaming and nearline storage, the FastTrak S150 SX4-M opens the world of professional RAID 5 performance and data protection and combines it with cost-effective Serial ATA (SATA) drives for the ultimate internal storage solution. Based on OEM-proven RAID 5 technology, the FastTrak S150 SX4- M competes with SCSI RAID 5 controller s-at one-half to one-third of the price. RAID 5 storage protection is no longer the privilege of budget-rich IT departments.