Overview; Fasttrak Tx Series; Fasttrak Tx4650; Fasttrak Tx2650 - Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual

FastTrak TX4650, TX2650 User Manual

Overview

The PC which you are using either already contains FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650
card installed by a third-party or you have acquired a FastTrak TX4650 or
TX2650 retail product for your existing PC and plan to install the card yourself.
• For PC owners wishing to install their FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650 card, go
to "Chapter 2: Installation" on page 7.
• For PCs with a FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650 card already installed but the
FastTrak card does not recognize your physical (disk) drives, go to "Chapter
7: Support" on page 123.
• If your operating system has crashed for some reason or you have
downloaded updated drivers from the Promise website
www.promise.com/support, you may wish to reinstall software drivers for the
FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650 card. See "Chapter 3: Installing Drivers" on
page 23.

FastTrak TX Series

Promise originally designed the FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650 as cost-effective,
high performance RAID controller cards that add performance and/or reliability to
PC desktops and/or servers using SATA and SAS drives.

FastTrak TX4650

The FastTrak TX4650 has four independent data channels to support up to four
SATA or SAS physical drives and the following RAID levels:
• Stripe (RAID 0) – Identical drives can read and write data in parallel to
increase performance.
• Mirror (RAID 1) – Mirror increases read performance through load balancing
and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files.
• Block Striping with Distributed Parity (RAID 5) – Organizes data and
distributes parity across the physical drives to increase performance and
provide fault tolerance to protect your data.
• Mirror/Stripe (RAID 10) – Combines RAID 0 and RAID 1 to increase
performance by reading and writing data in parallel while protecting data with
duplication.
• JBOD – Just a bunch of disks. Up to four physical drives working
independently.

FastTrak TX2650

The FastTrak TX2650 has two independent data channels to support up to two
SATA or SAS physical drives and the following RAID levels:
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