The FastTrak TX2000 Ultra ATA/133 PCI
card RAID Controller flies! It’s quick. It’s easy! And it’s fast! The TX2000
Ultra card is quick to install, easy to set up. And it’s wicked fast! Load games
and maps quickly with this add-on card that blew away our expectations for performance.
Do you want to be one of the first ones in the game? This card leaves few reasons
not to run RAID.
This
review of The FastTrak TX2000 by Promise Technology, Inc., was completed with
the computer gamer in mind. What does the gamer want? Speed! And lots of it!
Every lanparty gamer knows that getting into the game first can be the
difference between winning and second best. After all, who doesn’t like to make
their UT model dance after a hard fought battle? So get the jump on the flag in
CTF or grab the first plane in BF1942, because with this card in your system,
you’ll have an advantage.
“Frames per
second, smames per second” most medium range graphics cards are more than
adequate to run popular lanparty games. It’s the players that get into game
first that really have an advantage. Especially when setting up that first
“headshot”! The FastTrak TX2000 loads maps wicked fast, so you’ll get a jump on
your favorite targets. It only takes one more capture to win a CTF game. Do you
want to get a headstart?
Let’s take a closer look at this
harddisk speed demon of a loading controller. Here are the key features for you
techies.
Features
32BIT 66MHZ PCI 2.2 EIDE RAID
CARD.
48BIT LBA SUPPORTS DRIVES
EXCEEDING 137GB IN SIZE.
RAID 1 CONFIGURATIONS SUPPORT HOT
SWAP REPLACEMENT OF HARD DRIVES WITH THE USE OF SUPERSWAP DRIVE TRAYS.
2 CHANNEL CARD SUPPORTS UP TO FOUR
DRIVES:
RAID 0 OR 0+1 OR JBOD WITH 4
DRIVES.
RAID 1 WITH 2 DRIVES.
AUTO CONFIGURATION AND
OPTIMIZATION.
ADVANCED MONITORING:
SUPPORTS SMART DRIVES FOR FAILURE
PREDICTION.
LOGA ARRAY ERRORS AND EVENTS TO
WINDOWS NT/2000/XP EVENT LOG.
SNMP SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT AND
LINUX AGENT X.
SUPPORT FOR LINUX CONSOLE OUTPUT
AND MANAGEMENT VIA COMMAND LINE.
LINUX SYSLOG COMPATIBLE.
PROMISE ARRAY MANAGEMENT:
SUPPORTS LOCAL OR TCP/IC
CONNECTION TO MONITOR ARRAY .
CONFIGURABLE TO SEND E-MAIL
NOTIFICATION OF ERRORS AND ARRAY EVENTS.
MONITOR SUPERSWAP TRAYS FOR POWER
TEMPERATURE AND DRIVE STATUS.
SYSTEM AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS
HOT SWAPPING HARD DRIVES REQUIRES
SUPERSWAP DRIVE TRAYS:
(DP-063707) SUPERSWAP DRIVE FRAME
AND CARRIER
OPERATING SYSTEM
SUPPORT:
W-XP/W2K/NT4/W-ME/W-9X/REDHAT
LINUX 7.0 7.1 7.2; TURBOLINUX WORKSTATION 7; SUSE LINUX 7.2; CALDERA OPEN
LINUX 3.1
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