Product Info
The Promise FastTrak TX2300 2-port SATA RAID PCI adapter offers a low-cost solution for implementing a RAID 0 or RAID 1 storage system with up to two high-performance Serial ATA disk drives. Promise Technology is the leading provider of Serial ATA interface solutions, and with the FastTrak TX2300, users can benefit from Promise's experience in maximizing Serial ATA storage system performance.
Features
- 2 Serial ATA 3Gb/s Ports for support of up to 2 drives
- RAID 0/1 and JBOD
- PCI 32-Bit / 66 MHz
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- SATA Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)
- Large LBA support for drives above 137GB
- Disk Activity LED Headers
- Combine with the SuperSwap 1100 for an advanced internal storage system
Specifications
Disk Array Features
Device Support: 2 Serial ATA ports for up to 2 Serial ATA 3G devices
Supported RAID Levels: RAID 0/1/JBOD
- RAID 0 Data striped across 2 drives for increased performance
- RAID 1 Mirrored pairs of drives for data protection
Data Transfer Rate: Up to 266 MB per second (Performance may vary depending upon drive make, motherboard and PCI bus speed)
RAID Features:
- Data handling optimizations include elevator seek and load balancing
- Supports hot-swap of failed drives
- Offers transparent data recovery and rebuilds drive in background
- Variable stripe size
- Online Capacity Expansion - add capacity on the fly
RAID Level Migration - change array levels on the fly
- MetaData on Disk (MDD) for drive roaming
Easy to Use Quick initialization
- Arrays are bootable with built-in BIOS
- Upgrades your current disk drive to a RAID array by migrating existing data to the array
System Management
Management Tools: PAM (Promise Array Management) local and remote monitoring for Windows 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 array events; S.M.A.R.T.-compatible status reporting
Notification: Email, audible, and visible alarms
Operating System Support:
- Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000
- RedHat Linux; SuSE Linux
- Linux partial open source code
Hardware
Serial ATA 3G Support:
- Supports Serial ATA II: 3Gbps Specification
- Supports Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a, including
Native Command Queuing
Staggered Drive Spin-Up
HDD Activity Indication
- Supports serial ATA Spec 1.0a
- Supports Serial ATA tagged command queuing (TCQ)
PCI Support: 32-bit / 66MHz PCI interface compliant to PCI Rev 2.3 (Backward-compatible with PCI 33)
HBA Features:
- Low-profile form factor (HW) 2.25 x 4.69 inches (57 x 119 mm)
- Flash upgradable for future updates
- Supports ACPI (S1, S3, S4)
Physical and Environmental
Operating temperature: 32 to 122 F (0 to 50 C)
Relative humidity: 5%-95% non-condensing
- Up to 2 controllers in the same system are supported
Agency Certifications:
UL, cUL, CE, FCC Class B, BSMI, MIC, C-Tick, VCCI