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

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Ratings & Comments(Average:)

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- Simple SATA RAID controller
Having read the other reviews for this, I went directly to Promise's website to download the Windows 7 drivers. After the straight-forward install and quick config with 2 WD 500GB SATA drives, I used the simple interface to turn the set into a mirror. I booted into Windows 7, loaded the drivers, managed the storage and formatted the drives. Worked like a charm. I have no complaints about this.

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- TX2300 Works Great
Pros: Worked right out of the box. It actually picked up my raid 1 config which was created on my previous Fasttrak TX2 Plus which im upgrading from as soon as i inserted the card & powered up the system. Drivers were a snap to install, i just unzipped it & when it said found new hardware i pointed it to the driver location & wallah.

Cons: The only issue i have is that after installing the WebPAM array manager when i go to the logical drive the synchronization tab is grayed out & unavailable. Right now im unable to sync the raid 1 array which i was able to do manually or schedule on my previous card TX2 Plus hence the 4 egg rating but everything else is fine thus far. I'm just gonna keep an eye on the messages to see if it will auto sync at some point.

Other Thoughts: Running this card on a GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R, Core 2 Quad Q9400 with Windows 7 Enterprise

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- Promise FASTTRAK RAID cards
This is the second "Promise Technology" card I have ordered. My first card was the IDE version for my wife's PC that is used in her accounting business. She had a hard disk failure and as advertised the "Promise" card warned her of the problem but allowed her to continue. We chose not to continue but replace the defective drive. Installed new drive and the system rebuilt the new drive in the backround as she continued with her normal work. She was up and running with NO data lost. I was so impressed I purchased the SATA version for my PC that had a dead on-board SATA controller and it worked great.
Thanks Promise for a great product.
Norm Salvesen

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- Will Not Install
I could not get this to install correctly. I run Windows XP SP3 with all updates from Microsoft. I downloaded every driver package they had on Promise website and none would install correctly. I have been a computer tech for 40 years and I do not understand how anyone can have a product in this day and age that requires a floppy drive to install the drivers from included CD.
All I want to do is hook up a new SATA CD/DVD drive to my Dell computer which only has 2 SATA ports. This card will not even recognize any CD drives. For this price and hassle I give this one a definate thumbs down.

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- 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.

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