48-bit LBA Support 48-bit LBA supports drive
sizes greater than 137GB each
PCI Bus Support 32-bit 33/66MHz
PCI bus; PCI 2.3 compliant
Data Transfer Rate Up to 266MB/sec
(66MHz PCI), Up to 133MB/sec (33MHz PCI)
Data Protection Features
Mirrors data to second drive or drive pair for RAID 1 and RAID 0+1; offers
hot spare support for instand rebuild of failed drive in 2-drive RAID 1
FastBuild
BIOS Auto-Menu Optimizes drive performance by drive type; flashable for future
upgrades; support multiple arrays; boots system from any array; BBS compliant;
setup menus for custom array creation
Advanced Data Features
Bus mastering offloads data I/O handling from host CPU; CRC error-checking of
Serial ATA and Ultra ATA drives for data reliability during transfers; tagged
command queuing, elevator seek and packet chain command for optimized data handling
Promise Array Management Software Monitors status of arrays,
hard drives, and controller via TCP/IP; warns of drive failure; allows rebuilds
of mirrored arrays; synchronizes data in fault-tolerant arrays; email notification
for specified array events; S.M.A.R.T.-compatible status reporting
Operating
Systems Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP, RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux*
