Compare Promise FastTrak® TX4000 (P29FTX410000001) ATA Controller to Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (MB842G/A) Storage 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

The Fiber Channel PCI Express card is installed in your computer and the cables are used to connect to the SFP port on Xserve RAID with SFP connectors. This card runs at full bandwidth in a four-lane or eight-lane PCI Express slot.SFP connectors on the card allow use of copper or optical cabling and provide the capability of directly connecting to Xserve RAID or Fiber Channel switches over long distances up to 500m. Less