FastTrak TX2000™ User Manual
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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.
Advanced Hardware Design
Features Benefits
Supports 66MHz PCI bus
motherboards (automatically
backward compatible with 33MHz
PCI slots)
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.
Supports data striping (RAID 0),
mirroring (RAID 1), and
striping/mirroring combination
(RAID 0+1)
Provides dramatic increase in drive performance
and/or fault tolerant options. Offers performance
customization and data rebuilds from the BIOS
menu.
Supports Ultra DMA 6/5/4/3/2/1/0,
DMA 2/1/0
Burst data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec from
Ultra ATA/133 drives to boost overall system
performance.
Independent data channels
Drives can multiply their data transfer
performance when striped together and each
drive uses a separate data channel.
PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt
sharing and
coexists
with
mainboard IDE controllers
Easy to install; support four ATA drives on the
FastTrak TX2000 while still supporting 4 devices
on motherboard ATA controller.
Supports concurrent IDE channel
operation
Drive workload is distributed in parallel between
members of the array.
Supports IDE bus master operation
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.
Utilizes FastBuildTM automenu
from the FastTrak TX2000 onboard
BIOS
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.
Displays status and error checking
messages during bootup
Notifies user of possible errors and allows for
recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly from
FastBuildTM .
Employs the latest Promise PCI
Ultra ATA/133 ASIC technology
Fully supports Ultra ATA/133 specifications with
133 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking at
high speeds.
Mirroring supports automatic
background rebuilds
Fault tolerance can be restored automatically
without rebooting.
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