Keys Features And Benefits - Promise Technology FastTrak TX2000 User Manual

Keys Features and Benefits

The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new Promise
FastTrak TX2000 card. The table is divided into two areas: Advanced Hardware Design, and
Compatibility.
Features
Supports 66MHz PCI bus
motherboards (automatically
backward compatible with 33MHz
PCI slots)
Supports data striping (RAID 0),
mirroring (RAID 1), and
striping/mirroring combination
(RAID 0+1)
Supports Ultra DMA 6/5/4/3/2/1/0,
DMA 2/1/0
Independent data channels
PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt
sharing and coexists with
mainboard IDE controllers
Supports concurrent IDE channel
operation
Supports IDE bus master operation
Utilizes FastBuild TM automenu
from the FastTrak TX2000 onboard
BIOS
Displays status and error checking
messages during bootup
Employs the latest Promise PCI
Ultra ATA/133 ASIC technology
Mirroring supports automatic
background rebuilds
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Advanced Hardware Design
Allows maximum data transfers of up to 266MB
per second (133 MB/s in 33 MHz slot) over the
bus 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 133MB/sec from
Ultra ATA/133 drives to boost overall system
performance.
Drives can multiply their data transfer
performance when striped together and each
drive uses a separate data channel.
Easy to install; support four ATA drives on the
FastTrak TX2000 while still supporting 4 devices
on motherboard ATA controller.
Drive workload is distributed in parallel between
members of the array.
Allows multitasking during disk transfers that
increase CPU efficiency. The CPU is free to
process tasks during IDE data transfers through
the PCI Bus to/from system memory.
Offers pre-set application specific settings that
can be optimized for Desktop, Server, or A/V
Editing. Has "Auto Setup" option for quick and
easy array builds.
Notifies user of possible errors and allows for
recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly from
FastBuild TM .
Fully supports Ultra ATA/133 specifications with
133 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking at
high speeds.
Fault tolerance can be restored automatically
without rebooting.
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Benefits