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Promise  Array  Management  monitoring
software  offers  professional  management
tools  in  a  simple-to-use,  straightforward
format. The  software  works  locally  or  via
network  TCP/IP  connection  to  monitor
arrays. Information windows appear during
critical  and  user-specified  events.  The 
software  can  even  be  configured  to  send 
e-mail  notification  should  an  error  occur.

Promise  Technology  is  the  originator  of 
ATA RAID and worldwide leader in SATA 
RAID  with  over  14  million  controllers 
shipped.  Using  Serial ATA  and  SCSI  (SAS) 
technology  to  design  and  manufacture 
fast, reliable cost-effective data protection, 
Promise  is  the  preferred  choice  for  SATA 
host  bus  adapters,  RAID  controllers 
and  SAS/SATA  external  storage  systems.

Milpitas, CA
Tel: 1-408-228-1400
E-mail: sales@promise.com  

Dortmund, Germany
Tel: 49-02-31-56-76-48-0
E-mail: sales-de@promise-emea.com   

Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Tel: 886-3-578-2395
E-mail: sales@promise.com.tw  

Tokyo, Japan
Tel: 81-03-5823-1021
E-mail: sales-jp@promise.com.tw  

Beijing, China
Tel: 86-10-8857-8085 or 8095
E-mail: sales-china@promise.com  

Rome, Italy
Tel: 0039-06-3671-2626
E-mail: sales-it@promise-emea.com  

Son,  The Netherlands
Tel: 31-40-235-2600
E-mail: sales@promise-emea.com  

Workingham United Kingdom 
Tel: 44-0-870-112-59-77 
E-mail: sales@promise-emea.com 

P/N: G61300000000017-1    09/20/2006  

Drive Support

8 Drives (3.5” x 1” only)  

12 Drives (3.5” x 1” only)  

Supports 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s SATA drives; Supports Native Command Queuing 

(NCQ) and Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ); Staggered physical drive spin-up; 

Supports 48-bit LBA SATA drives

External I/O Ports

Dual Ultra 320 SCSI channels with four VHDCI ports

Data Cache

Shared 256MB predictive data cache (max. 1GB - must purchase through Promise); 

Automatic write cache destaging; 72-hour battery backup included (for 256MB)

Command Queue Depth

512 commands per VTrak system (up to 1024 commands with 512MB memory)

RAID Levels

RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, and 50 – Any combination of these RAID levels can exist 

at the same time ; Configurable RAID stripe size: 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 

512K, and 1MB stripe size per disk; Background task priority tuning: adjustment 

of minimum I/O reserved for server use during all background tasks

Hot spares

Multiple global or designated dedicated hot-spare drives with revert options

Max LUNs per subsystem

256 in any combination of RAID levels and array types

Max LUNs per array

32 logical drives (LUNs); Supports LUN Carving by allowing an array to be divided 

into multiple logical drives; RAID level, stripe size, sector size and cache policy 

can be configured per LUN; Supports out of order logical drive deletion and re-

creation

LUN Masking and Mapping

Supports multiple hosts

Disk data formats

Supports Disk Data Format (DDF) for industry wide standardization and drive 

roaming between VTrak systems

Background Activities

Media Patrol; Background synchronizing; Foreground initialization; Rebuild; 

Redundancy Check; SMART condition pooling; OCE (Online Capacity Expansion); 

RLM (RAID Level Migration); Priority Control, Throttle Rate Control and 

watermarking per BGA in Disk and NVRAM

RAID Robustness

Physical Drive Error Recovery: PDM (Predictive Data Migration): Replace un-

healthy disk member in array, and keep array on normal status during the data 

transition between healthy HD and replaced HD, Bad Sector Mapping, Media 

Patrol, SMART, Hard/Soft Reset to recover HD from bad status, HD Power-control 

to recover HD from hung status.

Array Error Recovery: Data recovery from bad sector or failed HD for redundant 

RAID, RAID 5/6 inconsistent data Prevent (Write Hole Table), Data content Error 

Prevent (Read/Write Check Table), NVRAM event logging

SCSI Commands

Supports extensive SCSI command set equivalent to SCSI/FC hard disk drives; 

Variable sector size (512Byte to 4kB) to break OS 2TB limitation; 16Byte CDB 

support for 64-bit LBA address

Supported Operating 

Systems

Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE)

Management Tools

Operating System independent; Localized in multiple languages; SSL Security 

support; WebPAM PROe via out-of-band Ethernet; Command Line Interface via 

RS232 Serial Port or Ethernet (Telnet); Command Line Utility via RS232 Serial Port 

or Ethernet (Telnet); Standard Management Protocols: SNMP; Auto, Express and 

Advanced configuration support for novice and skilled users

Management Interfaces/

Protocols

Ethernet, RS232 Serial Port; SNMP, SSL, Telnet; Email, audible (buzzer), and 

visible (LEDs) alarms

Current (Maximum)

8 A @ 100 Vac; 4 A @ 200 Vac (current rating with two power cords)

Power Supply

Dual 260W, 100-240 Vac auto-

ranging, 50-60 Hz, dual hot swap and 

redundant with PFC, N+1 design

Dual 360W, 100-240 Vac auto-ranging, 

50-60 Hz, dual hot swap and redundant 

with PFC, N+1 design

Temperature/ Humidity

5° ~ 40°C (-40° ~ 60°C non operational); Maximum relative humidity = 95%

Dimensions (H x W x D)

8.9 x 44.6 x 56.1 cm (3.5 x 17.6 x 22.1 in) 

Weight

20.5 kg (45.2 lbs) without drives, 24.5 

kg (54 lbs) with 8 drives* 

21 kg (46.26 lbs) without drives, 27.0 

kg (59.47 lbs) with 12 drives*

Safety

CE, FCC Class B, VCCI, BSMI, CB, MIC, C-Tick, UL, TUV

3 years complete system limited warranty; 24x7 worldwide telephone and email 

support

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