FastTrak® SX8300 Highlights
8-port SATA RAID controllers with 3.0 Gb/s per port
64-Bit/133MHz PCI-X Host Bus Interface
Low Profile form factor
Support for RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD
Improved RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) functions
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration to add capacity as needed
Hardware-Assisted RAID 5 Architecture
Multiple logical drive support
Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spare drive
PerfectRAID technology for robust error handling and recovery
The Price/Performance Leader
The FastTrak SX8300 SATA 3Gb/s PCI-X RAID 5 controller delivers industry-leading RAID 5 performance at an unprecedented price/performance ratio. For companies running popular applications like web services, file/email servers, audio/video streaming and nearline storage, the FastTrak SX8300 opens the world of professional RAID 5 performance and data protection and combines it with cost-effective Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s drives for the ultimate internal storage solution. Based on Promise's OEM-proven RAID 5 technology, the FastTrak SX4300/8300 competes with SCSI RAID 5 controllers--at one-half to one-third of the price.
SATA 3Gb/s Support
The FastTrak SX8300 controller supports Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives and conforms to Serial ATA II, Extensions to SATA 1.0 specification with Native Command Queuing and Disk Activity LED headers support. Command Queuing increases I/O performance by intelligently reordering data requests so that the data can be accessed more quickly.
Hardware-Assisted RAID 5 Architecture
RAID 5 implementation involves striping data and parity information (XOR) across the storage array. Since those parity calculations are so processor-intensive, RAID 5 controllers traditionally require a dedicated CPU to perform the XOR calculations and manage the array. Instead of adding a costly dedicated I/O processor to the controller, Promise's FastTrak SX8300 controller uses an integrated XOR engine for parity calculations, delivering extraordinary performance at a dramatically lower price. This approach takes advantage of today's ultra-powerful PC CPUs to manage the array and outperform traditional RAID 5 solutions.
Improved RAS Functions
Based on an architecture similar to the widely successful FastTrak S150 SX4-M, the FastTrak SX8300 adds enhanced features for improved RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability). In addition to an improved RAID algorithm, among the enhanced features are multiple logical drive support, media patrol and read check table. Equipped with the new web-based Promise Array Manager (WebPAM) software, FastTrak SX8300 is extremely easy to manage for both Windows and Linux environments through a browser-based graphical user interface. Specifications
Eight SATA ports at 3.0Gb/s (300MB/sec)
Storage capacity up to 8.0 terabytes (with eight 500GB drives x2 controllers/system)
Supports Native Command Queuing
64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X host bus interface
Promise 41721/81731 RAID Processor with XOR engine for RAID parity calculations and memory controller for local cache memory
On-board ECC DDR cache memory: 32MB for SX4300, 64MB for SX8300
FRAM for RAID5 transaction log to avoid data corruption in the event application hangs
Dual controller support within a system
Supports SAF-TE enclosure management
Low-profile form factor ideal for 1U/2U server
Combine with the SuperSwap 4100 for an advanced internal storage system
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