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Introduction
In this Chapter
Overview
The Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A card provides data protection and
increased performance with enhanced ATA technology. The
Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A supports ATA/100 hard drives with
data transfer rates up to 100 MB/sec providing maximum disk
performance in systems that have a PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) bus.
Features
The Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A is a low profile small form factor
card that provides two channels with 256 bytes of FIFO per
channel. Each channel uses an internal ATA connector that
supports two ATA hard drives in a master/slave configuration.
The controller supports up to four ATA hard drives in RAID 0,
RAID 1, and RAID 0/1, and JBOD modes.
Overview
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Contents of Kit
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System Requirements
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ATA/100 Compatibility Requirements
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Installation Overview
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Defining RAID
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