FASTTRAKS150TX2 PLUS by Promise Technology

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Manufacturer Promise Technology
Manufacturer's Part Number FASTTRAKS150TX2 PLUS
Description Promise; Product Line: FastTrak; Product Model: S150 TX; Product Type: SATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI; Form Factor: Plug-in Card;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 266 MB/s
Number of IDE Ports (Internal): 1
Product Name: FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID Controller Card
Limited Warranty: 3 Year
Brand Name: Promise
RAID Supported: Yes
Number of SATA Ports (Internal): 2
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Package Contents:
  • FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID Controller Card
  • Quick Start Guide
  • FastTrak S150 TX2plus driver diskette
  • Two internal 4-wire Serial ATA hard drive data cables
  • One internal 40-pin Parallel ATA data cable
  • One Y power splitter cable
  • CD with:
  • Drivers
  • Promise Array Management (PAM) utility
  • PAM User Manual
  • FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual
Additional Information:
  • 48-bit LBA Support

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

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
Marketing Information:

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.

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.
Product Type: SATA Controller
Host Interface: PCI
Maximum Data Transfer Rate: 266
Bootable: Yes
Total Number of SATA Ports: 2
Product Model: S150 TX
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
Total Number of IDE Ports: 1
Product Line: FastTrak