Compare Promise FastTrak® TX4000 (P29FTX410000001) ATA Controller to AMCC 8506-4LP (8506-4LP KIT) Serial ATA Controller

Promise Technology, the leader in ATA and ATA RAID controllers, maintains an ongoing commitment to providing ultimate performance in ATA RAID solutions. With the FastTrak TX4000 ATA RAID controller card, Promise offers a high-performance, low-cost ATA RAID solution designed to deliver maximum performance with four Ultra ATA/133 drives. The FastTrak TX4000 provides four independent ATA channels, a solution that is optimized for four-drive RAID implementations. In a four-drive system, the FastTrak TX4000 bypasses the master-slave implementation used with two-channel controller cards, resulting in improved data throughput and the flexibility of hot-swap support in a RAID 0+1 set-up when paired with Promise's SuperSwap 1000 hot-swap drive enclosure. The FastTrak TX4000 includes all the standard features of Promise's classic two-channel FastTrak cards with new performance features targeted at the most demanding ATA RAID user. The 32-bit, 66MHz PCI interface supports data transfers up to 266MB/sec. The best-selling Less

3ware combines an advanced non-blocking switched fabric architecture StorSwitch, with SATA drives to deliver a premium performance, highly available storage solution. Each controller boasts a PCI 66MHz custom ASIC that combines an integrated RISC processor, PCI bridge (64-bit, 66MHz) and XOR RAID engine Less