14 DAY TRIAL // Promise Technology introduced its high-performance, eight-port SuperTrak EX8300 3Gb per second (3Gb/s) Serial ATA (SATA) RAID controller with hardware acceleration designed for RAID 6 data protection. On display at its Storage Community Showcase exhibit at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week, Promise will also demonstrate RAID 6 support for multiple drive failures.
RAID 6 is an emerging technology for shared storage systems and high-capacity SATA disk arrays used in many servers today. With double parity coding, RAID 6 provides an extra layer of redundancy, delivering the highest level of reliability and data protection.
A high-performance, eight-port SATA RAID Controller with hardware acceleration provided by the Intel IOP331 I/O processor with Intel XScale technology designed for RAID 6 data protection, the SuperTrak EX8300 is suited for high-capacity storage applications such as disk-to-disk backup, NAS and nearline storage, security/surveillance, and video editing.
Key Features of SuperTrak EX8300 with RAID 6 Capability
Offering high port counts and support for RAID 6, the SuperTrak line consists of cost-effective, high-performance, high-capacity SATA 3Gb/s RAID controllers for demanding server and storage applications. The key features of the SuperTrak EX8300 include:
- 8-Port, 3Gb/s low-profile SATA RAID controller with PCI-X host bus interface - Full open source Linux driver architecture - Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD - Intel IOP331 I/O processor with Intel XScale technology - Multiple logical drive and multiple LUN support, enabling users to combine different RAID levels on one set of disks - Multiple application and OS support on the same storage system - Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spare drive - PerfectRAID technology for robust error handling and recovery - Online array expansion, RAID level migration add capacity when and as needed - Optional battery backup module to protect cached data - Web-based Promise Array Manager (WebPAM) software for easy, browser- based storage management
The SuperTrak EX8300 will be available in September through the worldwide Promise distribution network, with a suggested list price of $499. The SuperTrak EX8350 is shipping now. The free software upgrade to RAID 6 for both will be available in Q4.
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