Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM user manual Keys Features and Benefits, Features Benefits

FastTrak100 User Manual

Keys Features and Benefits

The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new Promise FastTrak100. It is divided into two areas: Advanced Hardware Design, and Compatibility.

Advanced Hardware Design

Features	Benefits
Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring	Provides dramatic increase in drive
(RAID 1), and striping/mirroring	performance and/or fault tolerant options.
combination (RAID 0+1)	Offers performance customization and
	data rebuilds from the BIOS menu.
Supports Ultra DMA 5/4/3/2/1/0,	Burst data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec
DMA 2/1/0	from Ultra ATA/100 drives to boost overall
	system performance.
PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt sharing and	Easy to install; support four ATA drives on
coexists with mainboard IDE controllers	the FastTrak100 while still supporting 4
	devices on motherboard ATA controller.
Supports concurrent dual IDE controller	Drive workload is distributed in parallel
operation	between members of the array.
Supports IDE bus master operation	Allows multiasking during disk transfers
	which 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	Offers pre-set application specific settings
FastTrak100 onboard BIOS	which 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	Notifies user of possible errors and allows
messages during bootup	for recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly
	from FastBuildTM .
Employs the latest Promise PCI	Fully supports Ultra ATA/100 specifications
Ultra ATA/100 ASIC technology.	with 100 MB/sec timing and CRC error-
	checking at high speeds.
Mirroring supports automatic background	Fault tolerance can be restored
rebuilds	automatically without rebooting

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