Chapter 1: Introduction
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• Stripe (RAID 0) – Identical drives can read and write data in parallel to
increase performance.
• Mirror (RAID 1) – Mirror increases read performance through load balancing
and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files.
• JBOD – Just a bunch of disks. Up to two physical drives working
independently.
A FastTrak TX4650 or TX2650 striped logical drive can double the sustained
data transfer rate of Serial ATA drives.
FastTrak TX4650 and TX2650 offer fault tolerant, data redundancy for entry-level
network file servers or simply for desktop PC users wanting to continually protect
valuable data on their PC.
Should a physical drive in a mirrored logical drive fail, FastTrak TX4650 or
TX2650 use the mirrored drive (which contains identical data) to assume all data
handling. When a replacement physical drive is later installed, FastTrak TX4650
or TX2650 will rebuild the data to the replacement physical drive from the
remaining mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance.
FastTrak TX4650 and TX2650 bootable BIOS supports individual drives larger
than 137 GB. With FAT32 and NTFS partitioning, the logical drive can be
addressed as one large single volume.
WebPAM Software
The Web-based Promise Array Management (WebPAM) RAID management
software offers local management and monitoring of FastTrak logical drives.
Browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events or alarms,
memory cache management, logging for Windows servers, logical drive
maintenance, rebuild, and access to all related components (server, controller,
data channels, physical drives, and enclosure).
WebPAM also displays messages about critical events on the Host PC’s monitor
screen even if your browser is closed.
For information on using WebPAM, refer to “Chapter 5: WebPAM” on page 53.
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