4-PORT SATA3G Pci Sw Raid 5 Hba .

by PROMISE TECHNOLOGY

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 7.2 x 2.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E61G2G
• Item model number: F29F43100000000
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,189 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 11, 2006

Product Description

The Promise FastTrak TX4300 4-port SATA RAID PCI adapter offers a low-cost solution for implementing a RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 storage system with up to four high-performance Serial ATA disk drives. Promise Technology is the leading provider of Serial ATA interface solutions, and with the FastTrak TX4300, users can benefit from Promises experience in maximizing Serial ATA storage system performance.The FastTrak TX4300 leverages Promises proven RAID 0/1/10 software engine for fast, efficient, and reliable RAID. Use RAID 0 for massive capacity and maximum performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and four-drive RAID 10 for data protection and performance enhancement. Promises RAID engine also offers performance enhancing technology like elevator seek and load balancing for efficient performance.The controller supports SATA 3Gb/s drives and conforms to Serial ATA II, Extensions to SATA 1.0a specification with Native Command Queuing and Disk Activity LED headers support. The low-profile form factor FastTrak TX4300 PCI adapter incorporates many of Promise Technologys advanced host bus adapter features.The 66MHz PCI bus supports up to 266MB/sec burst data transfer rate.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not perform as needed, January 8, 2008

By 

James Hendrickson "Super_Jim" (South Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 4-PORT SATA3G Pci Sw Raid 5 Hba . (Personal Computers)

I have four 750Gbyte HDD

With the TX4310:

Raid 5 - 3 disks = 1,500 Gbyte (correct)

Raid 5 - 4 disks = 45 Gbyte (incorrect)

Raid 10 - 4 disks = 1,500 Gbyte (correct)

I contacted Promise Tech support and they said:

"We are aware of this issue with creating an RAID 5 on the FT TX4310 with the 750gigs drives. At this point your only option will be to only use three drives at a time."

UNSAT.