Promise Technology FASTTRAK TX2300 2-Port SATA RAID PCI Adapter

Promise Technology FASTTRAK TX2300 2-Port SATA RAID PCI Adapter
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Promise
EAN: 0704118008315
Format: CD
Label: PROMISE TECHNOLOGY
Dimension: 2.4 x 11.8 x 7.1 inches
Manufacturer: PROMISE TECHNOLOGY
Model: F29FT2300000000
Publisher: PROMISE TECHNOLOGY
Studio: PROMISE TECHNOLOGY
Warranty: 3 years warranty

Features and Descriptions

  • Product Type - SATA RAID Controller
  • Cache/Memory Installed - 137GB
  • Processor - N/A

1. 2 Serial ATA 3Gb/s Ports for support of up to 2 drives
2. RAID 0/1 and JBOD
3. PCI 32-Bit / 66 MHz
4. Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
5. SATA Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)
6. Large LBA support for drives above 137GB
7. Disk Activity LED Headers
8. Combine with the SuperSwap 1100 for an advanced internal storage system



Ratings & Comments(Average:5.0)

5 - Works with 64 bit Vista
I purchased this because my onboard RAID failed. It was very easy and straightforward to get it running. I just plugged it into the PCI slot, connected it to a pair of 1 GB internal SATA drives, and off it went. I did have to download the driver from their website and configure a RAID 0, but that too was simple.

I like things that work well with minimum fuss.
5 - Great for the money
I have several of these installed in customer machines.

Not much to say -- they have worked flawlessly from word go. Documentation is a little sketchy and once you are through it and up and running I have not had *any* issues with these cards.
5 - Gets the Job Done
Plain vanilla SATA RAID CARD but gets the job done.
Great value, comes bundled with Web Management software.
very reliable so far.
5 - Promise TX2300
Spent several days trying to make a no name RAID board bought on Ebay work without success. This one went in with no trouble and I was up and runing within 15 minutes
5 - Works with Vista
Searched high and low for a PCI based SATA card that would definitively work with Vista. Though the Promise site doesn't make it entirely clear, this card works under Vista with the newest Windows driver available there. I'm quite pleased with the performance as well, though I haven't set it up for a RAID configuration.

EDIT: I've recently discovered that this card does NOT work with my eSATA (external SATA) drive. This isn't a problem for me as the PC in question has SATA connectors on the motherboard that do work with eSATA, so I'm using those instead. Still I thought this information might be helpful to anyone looking to use this with an external SATA drive; apparently eSATA has some slightly different tolerances and therefore not all SATA hardware is eSATA compliant.



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