Compare Promise FastTrak® TX4000 (P29FTX410000001) ATA Controller to Hewlett Packard HEWLETT SMART ARRAY P700M/512MB ISS - CONTROLLER - 508226-B21 508226-B21 (884420463603) 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

The HP Smart Array P700m/512 Controller is HP's first mezzanine Card PCI-Express (PCIE) supporting shared SAS Storage. It is one of the highest performing controllers in the SAS portfolio and provides exopanded levels of reliability for HP Blade servers, through its support of the latest SCSI technology and advanced RAID capabilities. This Smart Array PCIe mezzanine card connects to an HP 3GB SAS BL Switch through the c-Class enclosure high speed mid-plane supporting Shared Storage of up to 192 TB. Its 3G SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 300 MB/s per physical link and contains full compatibility with 1.5G SATA technology. Less