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| Promise's 16-Port SATA RAID Controller Promise Technology, Inc. has introduced its sixteen-port SuperTrak EX16350 and EX16300 RAID Controllers. The new SuperTrak EX16350 and EX16300 provide advanced RAID6 fault tolerance using technology with hardware acceleration. RAID 6 is an emerging technology for shared storage systems and high-capacity SATA disk arrays used in many servers today. With double parity coding, RAID 6 provides an extra layer of redundancy for high capacity, low-cost storage, and delivering the highest level of reliability and data protection. A high-performance, sixteen-port SATA RAID Controller design with hardware acceleration provided by the Intel IOP333/IOP331 I/O processor with Intel XScale technology designed for RAID 6 data protection, the SuperTrak EX16350 & EX16300 are suited for high-capacity storage applications such as disk-to-disk backup, NAS and nearline storage, security/surveillance, and video editing. The SuperTrak EX16350 & EX16300 deliver exceptional multi-drive performance by taking advantage of the Intel IOP333/IOP331 processor based on Intel XScale technology. It offers advanced RAID 6 technology for high fault tolerance, allowing two simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss. Designed specifically for RAID 6 applications, the highly integrated Intel IOP333/IOP331 I/O processor with Intel XScale technology includes an 800MHz CPU, PCI-X bus, dual-ported memory controller, and an integrated P+Q acceleration engine. Promise recognizes the importance of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and is working to provide open source drivers for all their HBA products. As a continuation of our commitment to OSI, the new SuperTrak EX16350/EX16300 and the currently shipping EX8350/8300 all offer Linux open source drivers for kernel 2.4 and 2.6. Future product offerings from the SuperTrak EX series will also continue to fully support the OSI. The new SuperTrak EX16350 and EX16300 are RoHS compliant. Promise is fully committed to adhering with all applicable laws and regulations of RoHS Directive (European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances) that will restrict the use of lead (Pb), mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB (polybrominated biphenyls) and PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in electrical and electronic products. Promise is working aggressively towards the target date of July 1, 2006, where RoHS substances will be virtually eliminated (to levels below legal limits) for all Promise electronic products subject to the RoHS Directive, except where it is widely recognized that there is no technically feasible alternative (as indicated by an exemption under the EU RoHS Directive). Offering high port counts and support for RAID 6, the SuperTrak line consists of SATA 3Gb/s RAID controllers for demanding server and storage applications. The key features of the SuperTrak EX16350/EX16300 include: -- 16-Port, 3Gb/s low-profile SATA RAID controller with PCI-E (EX16350) & PCI-X (EX16300) host bus interfaces -- Full open source Linux driver architecture -- Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD -- Intel IOP333/IOP331 I/O processor with Intel XScale technology -- Multiple logical drive and multiple LUN support, enabling users to combine different RAID levels on one set of disks -- Multiple application and OS support on the same storage system -- Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spare drive -- PerfectRAID technology for robust error handling and recovery -- Online array expansion, RAID level migration add capacity when and as needed -- Optional battery backup module to protect cached data -- Web-based Promise Array Manager (WebPAM) software for easy, browser-based storage management. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |