User`s manual

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Keys Features and Benefits
The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new Promise MBFastTrak133 Lite.
It is divided into two areas: Advanced Hardware Design, and Compatibility.
Advanced Hardware Design
Features Benefits
Supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring
(RAID 1)
Provides dramatic increase in drive
performance and/or fault tolerant options.
Offers performance customization and data
rebuilds from the BIOS menu.
Supports Ultra DMA 6/5/4/3/2/1/0,
DMA 2/1/0
Burst data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec
from Ultra ATA/133 drives to boost overall
system performance.
PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt sharing and
coexists with motherboard IDE controllers
Easy to install; support four ATA drives on
the MBFastTrak133 Lite while still
supporting 4 devices on motherboard ATA
controller.
Supports concurrent dual IDE channel
operation
Drive workload is distributed in parallel
between members of the array.
Supports IDE bus master operation Allows multitasking during disk transfers
which increase CPU efficiency. The CPU is
free to process tasks during IDE data
transfers through the PCI Bus to/from
system memory.
Utilizes FastBuild
TM
auto-menu from the
MBFastTrak133 Lite BIOS
Offers pre-set application specific settings
which can be optimized for Desktop,
Server, or A/V Editing. Has "Auto Setup"
option for quick and easy array builds.
Displays status and error checking
messages during boot-up
Notifies user of possible errors and allows
for recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly
from FastBuild
TM
.
Employs the latest Promise PCI
Ultra ATA/133 ASIC technology.
Fully supports Ultra ATA/133 specifications
with 133 MB/sec timing and CRC error-
checking at high speeds.
Mirroring supports automatic background
rebuilds
Fault tolerance can be restored
automatically without rebooting