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Promise FastTRAK S150 TX4 4-port SATA Controller Review
As you may have guessed from the name, FastTRAK S150 TX4 controller can support up to 4 SerialATA/150 devices. The list of supported RAID arrays is pretty standard: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD. Thanks to the controller’s ability to work in 66MHz PCI 2.3 slot, its maximum theoretical bandwidth makes 266MB/s. FastBuild BIOS optimized the drives performance depending on their type, supports system bootup from the array of any level, ensures compatibility with the BBS, boasts very convenient menu system for array creation and configuring, supports simultaneous multiple-array configurations.
The controller was installed into the PCI-X/133MHz slot (even though it supports only PCI32 33/66MHz). The (4) WD360GD Raptor hard disk drives were installed into the default chassis of SC5200 case and were fastened at the bottom with four screws. During the major test session we enabled lazy writing for all drives. The driver requests caching modes (WriteBack and WriteThrough) were changed on the fly according to the situation.
Read the entire review [link=http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/promise-fts150-tx4.html]here[/link]
The controller was installed into the PCI-X/133MHz slot (even though it supports only PCI32 33/66MHz). The (4) WD360GD Raptor hard disk drives were installed into the default chassis of SC5200 case and were fastened at the bottom with four screws. During the major test session we enabled lazy writing for all drives. The driver requests caching modes (WriteBack and WriteThrough) were changed on the fly according to the situation.
Read the entire review [link=http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/promise-fts150-tx4.html]here[/link]
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