FASTTRAK SX8300 by Promise Technology

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Manufacturer Promise Technology
Manufacturer's Part Number FASTTRAK SX8300
Description Promise; Product Line: FastTrak; Product Model: SX8300; Product Type: SATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI-X; Form Factor: Plug-in Card;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 300 MB/s
Number of Physical Drive Supported: 8
Standard Memory: 64 MB
Product Name: FastTrak SX8300 PCI-X RAID Controller
Platform Supported: PC
Limited Warranty: 3 Year
Brand Name: Promise
RAID Supported: Yes
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Package Contents:
  • FastTrak SX8300 PCI-X RAID Controller
  • 8 x 26" (650mm) serial ATA Cables
Additional Information:

RAID Fault Tolerance and Robustness Features:

  • Multiple logical drive support enables combining different RAID levels on one set of disks
  • Read Check table to avoid data read errors
  • Media Patrol on all configured drive space
  • Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration to add capacity "on the fly" as needed
  • PerfectRAID technology for error handling and recovery of fatal, media and disk errors
  • Support hot swap of failed drives and hot spares
  • Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spare drive
  • Background initialization for instant drive availability
  • Variable stripe block size support to meet various application requirements
  • Synchronization can be scheduled periodically for RAID array data consistency

Advanced Performance Features:

  • Multiple caching policy support
  • Packet commands and interrupt coalescing minimize interrupts for better performance
  • Elevator seek streamlines commands based upon data location on the disk
Marketing Information:

The FastTrak SX8300 SATA 3Gb/s PCI-X RAID 5 controller delivers industry-leading RAID 5 performance at an unprecedented price/performance ratio. For companies running popular applications like web services, file/email servers, audio/video streaming and nearline storage, the FastTrak SX8300 opens the world of professional RAID 5 performance and data protection and combines it with cost-effective Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s drives for the ultimate internal storage solution. Based on Promise's OEM-proven RAID 5 technology, the FastTrak 8300 competes with SCSI RAID 5 controllers--at one-half to one-third of the price.
Product Type: SATA Controller
Host Interface: PCI-X
Card Height: Low-profile
Maximum Data Transfer Rate: 300
Bootable: Yes
Total Number of SATA Ports: 8
Product Model: SX8300
Height: 2.54 "
Compatibility:

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows 2003
  • Red Hat Linux
  • SuSE Linux
  • Linux partial open source driver
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Width: 7.7 "
Product Line: FastTrak