Chapter 1: Introduction
Keys Features and Benefits
The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new
Promise FastTrak TX4000 card...
Advanced Hardware Design
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Supports 66MHz PCI bus | Allows maximum data transfers of up to | |
motherboards (automatically | 266MB per second (133 MB/s in 33 MHz | |
backward compatible with | slot) over the bus to dramatically reduce the | |
33MHz PCI slots) | time to save and retrieve large files. | |
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Supports data striping (RAID | Provides dramatic increase in drive | |
0), mirroring (RAID 1), and | performance and/or fault tolerant options. | |
striping/mirroring combination | Offers performance customization and data | |
(RAID 0+1) | rebuilds from the BIOS menu. | |
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Supports | Burst data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec | |
Ultra DMA 6/5/4 | from Ultra ATA/133 drives to boost overall | |
DMA 2/1/0 | system performance. | |
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| Drives can multiply their data transfer | |
Independent data channels | performance when striped together and | |
| each drive uses a separate data channel. | |
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PCI | Easy to install; support four ATA drives on | |
sharing and coexists with | the FastTrak TX4000 while still supporting 4 | |
motherboard IDE controllers | devices on motherboard ATA controller. | |
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Supports concurrent IDE | Drive workload is distributed in parallel | |
channel operation | between members of the array. | |
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| Allows multitasking during disk transfers | |
Supports IDE bus master | that increase CPU efficiency. The CPU is | |
free to process tasks during IDE data | ||
operation | ||
transfers through the PCI Bus to/from | ||
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| system memory. | |
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Utilizes FastBuild automenu | Offers | |
that can be optimized for Desktop, Server, | ||
from the FastTrak TX4000 | ||
or A/V Editing. Has Auto Setup option for | ||
onboard BIOS | ||
quick and easy array builds. | ||
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Displays status and error | Notifies user of possible errors and allows | |
checking messages during | for recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly | |
boot up | from FastBuild. | |
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Employs the latest Promise PCI | Fully supports Ultra ATA/133 specifications | |
with 133 MB/sec timing and CRC error- | ||
Ultra ATA/133 ASIC technology | ||
checking at high speeds. | ||
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