fasttraks150tx4 by Promise Technology

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Manufacturer Promise Technology
Manufacturer's Part Number fasttraks150tx4
Description Promise; Product Line: FastTrak; Product Type: SATA Controller; Host Interface: PCI; Form Factor: Plug-in Card; Bootable: Yes;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 150 MB/s
Number of Physical Drive Supported: 4
Software Included:
  • Promise Array Management software
Product Name: FastTrak S150 TX4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
Platform Supported: PC
Limited Warranty: 3 Year
Brand Name: Promise
RAID Supported: Yes
Number of SATA Ports (Internal): 4
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Additional Information:
  • ACPI Support: S1, S3, & S4

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

FastBuild BIOS:

  • Optimizes drive performance by drive type
  • Flashable for future upgrades
  • Supports multiple arrays
  • BBS compliant
  • Setup menus for custom array creation
Marketing Information:

If you want to move into the world of SATA, with the FastTrak S150 TX4 you can attach up to four Serial ATA drives to create ultra-fast RAID arrays.

The FastTrak S150 TX4 supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations.With a FastTrak S150 TX4 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: 150
Bootable: Yes
Total Number of SATA Ports: 4
Compatibility:

Supported Operating System:

  • Windows 98
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT4
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • RedHat Linux
  • SuSE Linux
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
Product Line: FastTrak