1. INTRODUCTION
TR-824 User’s Manual
5
1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Product Overview
Thank you for purchasing Tekram TR-824 Serial ATA controller card. This controller allows you to install
and enjoy the performance advantage of the new Serial ATA hard drives in your existing PC rather than
spending the time, effort and money in upgrading to a brand-new system. The TR-824 is a four-channel
PCI Serial ATA host adapter that can support up to four Serial ATA drives.
1.1.1 Specifications:
Features
Support RAID 0(striping), RAID 1(mirroring), RAID 10
z
Four independent SATA channels
z
Support hot-swap and automatically rebuild mirror array
z
Easy-to-use GUI-based software for monitoring and storage
management
z
Support ATAPI device
z
Support driver greater than 137GB
Protocol Supported
Serial ATA 1.0 Specification
SATA Processor
Sil3114 – Silicon Image PCI to Serial ATA Controller
SATA BIOS
Yes (Flash)
Max Transfer Rate
Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1.5GB/S
PCI Interface
PCI 2.3 32 bit data
Max Devices
4
Accessory included
z
Data Cables – 50cm *4
z
Power Cables—1pin to 2pin power cable *2
z
User’s Manual
z
Driver Disk
z
GUI software (included in CD)
Drivers Available
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Linux
Supported Devices
SATA Devices:
HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, MO, Tape…etc.
1.1.2 SATA Raid Features
•
RAID 0, 1,
10
•
System GUI Monitoring Utility:
-
Displays/Logs/Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information
-
Manages RAID Set Functions (configures, rebuilds, etc.)
•
RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs
•
HDDs Function Normally When not in RAID Sets
•
Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0
•
Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All ATA and ATAPI Devices
•
Supports:
-
UDMA up to 150MB/Sec.
-
All UDMA and PIO Modes
-
ACPI and ATA/ATAPI6
