Promise Technology SATAII150 SX8 Leaflet
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Cost-effective, High-Capacity Enhanced SATA Adapter
from the worldwide leader in SATA RAID Technology
from the worldwide leader in SATA RAID Technology
SATAII150
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SX8
8-Port SATA Controller
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Ideal for servers and storage systems requiring cost effective storage
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Provides storage capacity up to 3.2 terabyte per controller (with eight 400 GB drives)
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Delivers more than 500MB/sec sustained throughput in sequential access*
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Linux-friendly with open source driver embedded in the Linux kernel
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Leverages the kernel-embedded RAID capability in Linux to build high-capacity
SATA RAID solutions at a low cost
SATA RAID solutions at a low cost
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Features Tagged Command Queuing for better performance
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Supports Serial ATAPI devices
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8 Serial ATA/150 ports
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PCI-X — 64 Bit / 133MHz
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Supports Serial ATAPI devices
Cost-effective 8-port PCI-X Serial ATA Adapter
The eight-port Promise SATAII150 SX8 PCI-X SATA controller offers a low-cost solution
for large capacity SATA storage connected through the PCI-X bus for up to 1 GB/sec of
bandwidth. Drawn from Promise’s specialized development solutions for OEMs, System
Integrators, and VARs, the SATAII150 SX8 controller provides these system integrators
with a strong storage platform that leverages Promise’s industry-leading ATA expertise.
The controller provides an ideal solution for applications including:
:: Servers/workstations
:: Network attached storage
:: Storage Enclosures
:: Video surveillance
:: Medical Imaging
:: Video on Demand
:: CD/DVD Duplication systems
Enhanced SATA Support
The SATAII150 SX8 controller takes advantage of Promise Technology’s Enhanced SATA
feature set that that incorporates advanced features such as command queuing support
(TCQ) and includes compliance with Serial ATA II, Extensions to SATA 1.0 specification.
Support for these features includes Staggered Drive Spin-up, and Disk Activity LED
headers.The SATAII150 SX8 controller has an SMBus interface for Enclosure Services or
other system management purposes.
Linux-friendly SATA Controller
The SATAII150 SX8 provides open source Linux drivers embedded in the Linux kernel.
For Linux users that are looking to build a high-capacity storage system using software
RAID, the SATAII150 SX8 controller also offers support for the kernel-embedded RAID
capability in Linux.
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Tested using Intel’s Iometer
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benchmark program on a dual processor Intel
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Xeon (2.4GHz) system, 1GByte SDRAM, Microsoft
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2003 Advanced Server, and Western Digital Raptor 74GB, 10,000 RPM drives