FastTrak SX4000 by Promise Technology

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Manufacturer Promise Technology
Manufacturer's Part Number FastTrak SX4000
Description Promise; Product Type: Ultra ATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI; Controller Type: Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7); Additional Warranty Information: Promise Technology, Inc. ("Promise") warrants that for Two (2) years from the time of the delivery of the product to the original end user: a) the product will conform to Promise's specifications; b) the product will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service. This warranty: a) applies only to products which are new and in cartons on the date of purchase; b) is not transferable; c) is valid only when accompanied by a copy of the original purchase invoice. This warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from: a) improper or inadequate maintenance, or unauthorized modification(s), performed by the end user; b) operation outside the environmental specifications for the product; c) accident, misuse, negligence, misapplication, abuse, natural or personal disaster, or maintenance by anyone other than a Promise or a Promise-authorized service center.; RAID Levels: 0, 0+1, 1, 5;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Number of Physical Drive Supported: 4
Certifications & Standards:
  • CE
  • FCC Class B
  • Compliant to PCI Rev 2.2
Product Name: SX4000 ATA RAID
Controller Type: Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7)
Additional Warranty Information: Promise Technology, Inc. ("Promise") warrants that for Two (2) years from the time of the delivery of the product to the original end user:
a) the product will conform to Promise's specifications;
b) the product will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service.

This warranty:
a) applies only to products which are new and in cartons on the date of purchase;
b) is not transferable;
c) is valid only when accompanied by a copy of the original purchase invoice.

This warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from:
a) improper or inadequate maintenance, or unauthorized modification(s), performed by the end user;
b) operation outside the environmental specifications for the product;
c) accident, misuse, negligence, misapplication, abuse, natural or personal disaster, or maintenance by anyone other than a Promise or a Promise-authorized service center.
Maximum Memory Supported: 256 MB
Limited Warranty: 2 Year
Brand Name: Promise
RAID Supported: Yes
Package Contents:
  • FastTrak SX4000 controller card
  • FastTrak SX4000 Quick Start Guide
  • FastTrak SX4000 OS drivers diskette (1)
  • CD containing Utilities and Documentation (1)
  • Internal 18 inch (46 cm) Ultra ATA 80-wire/40-pin hard drive cables (4)
  • Y-cable power splitters (2)
Additional Information:
  • Supports low-cost Ultra ATA drives including Ultra ATA/133*, Ultra ATA/100, Ultra ATA/66 and others. Provides advanced CRC error-checking at higher drive speeds
  • Supports 66MHz PCI bus motherboards capable of transferring data up to 266MB per second (backward compatible with 33MHz PCI bus transfers of 133MB/sec)
  • Provides RAID 5 XOR data parity calculation to protect data on attached hard drives in the event of a hard disk failure.
  • Supports use of hot spare drive for immediate drive rebuilding in event of drive failure
  • Onboard BIOS recognizes and configures attached drives for optimum speed* and full capacity
  • BIOS supports 48-bit large LBA mode to allow use of drives exceeding 137GB
  • Easy installation and RAID setup lets all users quickly create the type of RAID their environment requires
  • Offers graphical user interface (Windows NT/2000/XP) that remotely and locally alerts user in case of drive failure and identifies failed drive but continues to allow user to save and retrieve data from working drive (or pair of drives)
  • Supported and tested by major hard disk drive manufacturers

    Hardware Features:
  • PCI Plug-and-Play support
  • Supports ACPI S1, S3 and S4
  • Single 168-pin DIMM slot for cache memory. 64 MB minimum / 256 MB maximum (ECC or non-ECC, unbuffered, PC100 or above)**
  • Supports multiple, concurrent data requests from OS
  • Co-exists with built-in ATA channels or other SCSI controllers
  • Supports dual controller operation (cannot stripe across controllers)

    Advanced Monitoring:
  • Monitors S.M.A.R.T. status of attached hard drives
  • Logs array errors and events to Windows NT/2000/XP Event Log
  • Linux Command Line Interface (CLI)

    Promise Array Management Software:
  • Locally and remotely monitors status of arrays under Windows, hard drives, optional Promise SuperSwap enclosures via TCP/IP
  • Warns of drive failure
  • Allows rebuilds of mirrored arrays
  • Synchronization of hard drives
  • E-mail notification of errors and events

    Fault Tolerance:
  • Parity data allows card to rebuild user data in case of drive failure under RAID 5
  • Mirrors data to second drive or drive pair on-the-fly for RAID 1 or 0+1
  • Offers hot spare feature for rebuild of failed drive for RAID 1 array
  • Hot swap failed drive and rebuild data in background for continuous operation***

    * Supports Ultra ATA/133 speed on data reads; Ultra ATA/100 speed on data writes
    ** 0MB Installed. Optimal amount of memory depends on RAID application.
    *** When used with optional Promise SuperSwap chassises
Marketing Information: 4-channel ATA RAID 5 Card with hardware XOR engine

Promise Technology does it again! Promise reshapes the ATA RAID playing field with the FastTrak SX4000, the first low-cost, high-performance RAID 5 host adapter with all the RAID features you want, at a price you won't believe.

FastTrak SX4000 satisfies the increasing demands of users and system builders seeking fast, dependable and affordable storage. This 4-channel host adapter uses your choice of Ultra ATA drives for performance, capacity, and value. 66 MHz PCI bus support, up to 256 MB cache memory, and rapid RAID 5 parity calculations assure maximum data transfers.
Product Type: Ultra ATA Controller
Host Interface: PCI
System Requirements:
  • 1 bus mastering PCI slot (PCI v. 2.2 or 2.1 compliant)
  • One to four Ultra ATA hard drive(s) for dedicated use in the RAID array
Bootable: Yes
Height: 9.84 "
Compatibility:
  • PC
RAID Levels: 0, 0+1, 1, 5
Width: 3.82 "
Total Number of IDE Ports: 4