Product 1: MegaRAID IDE100
Product 2: FastTrack100 TX2
Manufacturer 1: AMI
Manufacturer 2: Promise
Website 1: www.ami.com
Website 2: www.promise.com
Price (Real World) 1: $91.00
Price (Real World) 2: $76.00
Release Date: Available Now

Review by: Kyle 'Spyder' Kniffin
Date: July 15, 2001

Features and Specifications

AMI MegaRAID IDE100

• Supports ATA/100 Drives
• Supports Up To Four Ultra ATA/DMA Hard Drives
• Links Multiple Hard Drives to Make One Virtual Hard Drive
• Enhances Drive Performance Using Data Striping (RAID 0)
• Mirroring for Fault Tolerant Data Redundancy (RAID 1)
• Mirroring with Striping (RAID 10)
• Rebuilds Data in the Background Using Spare or Replacement Drive
• Easy Setup Using Simple Configuration Utilities
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Promise FastTrack100 TX2

• Up to 200 MB/sec data transfer rate
• Supports 66MHz PCI motherboards for higher data bandwidth 1
• Supports "hot" swapping of failed drive under RAID 1
• Uses standard high octane Ultra ATA/100 Drives
• For Windows 2000/NT/ME/98/95; RedHat Linux 6.2/7.0; Netware 3.12/4.1x/5.0
• Increases Windows performance 3 for onboard ATA and SCSI drives by up to 40%
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MegaRaid IDE100

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