Key Features And Benefits - Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual

FastTrak TX4650, TX2650 User Manual

Key Features and Benefits

The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new
Promise FastTrak TX4650 and TX2650.
Features
Supports single-lane PCIe
bus motherboards
TX4650 supports: RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
TX2650 supports: RAID 0 and
RAID 1
Supports Serial ATA
Specification II
Supports Serial Attached
SCSI Specification
Independent data channels
for SATA and SAS drives
Supports multiple LUNs, two
per physical drive
Supports online logical drive
expansion
Supports online logical drive
migration
Utilizes FastBuild™ automenu
from the FastTrak onboard
BIOS
Displays status and error
checking messages during
bootup
Supports S.M.A.R.T.
monitoring and reporting
Employs the latest Promise
PCI Express SATA/SAS ASIC
technology
Advanced Hardware Design
Allows maximum data transfers of up to 2.5 Gb/s
in both directions simultaneously to dramatically
reduce the time to save and retrieve large files.
Provides dramatic increase in drive performance
and/or fault tolerant options. Offers performance
customization and data rebuilds from the BIOS
menu.
Burst data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s from
Serial ATA drives to boost overall system
performance.
Burst data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s from
SAS drives to boost overall system
performance.
Drives can multiply their data transfer
performance when striped together and each
drive uses a separate data channel.
TX4650 supports up to 8 logical drives.
TX2650 supports up to 4 logical drives.
Add physical drives to the logical drive without
affecting data availability.
Change RAID level without affecting data
availability.
Has "Auto Setup" option for quick and easy
logical drive builds.
Notifies user of possible errors and allows for
recovery of mirrored drive logical drives directly
from FastBuild™.
Polls status every 15 minutes, reports through
WebPAM.
Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with 150
and 300 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking
at high speeds.
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Benefits