User's Manual

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual
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Browser Support
On the Host PC where you install the SuperTrak controller and WebPAM PRO,
you must have one of the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer
•Firefox
• Netscape Navigator
If you do not have one of the above browsers, install the browser first and make it
the default browser. Then install WebPAM PRO.
Key Features and Benefits
The following information offers an overview of the major features of the Promise
SuperTrak EX4650, EX8650, EX8654, EX8658, and EX16650.
Advanced Hardware Design
Features Benefits
Supports PCIe x8 bus
motherboards
Allows maximum data transfers of up to 2 GB/s
in both directions simultaneously to dramatically
reduce the time to save and retrieve large files.
EX4650 supports: RAID 0, 1,
1E, 5, 6, and 10. RAID 50 and
60 with SAS Expander.
Provides dramatic increase in drive performance
and/or fault tolerant options. Offers performance
customization and data rebuilds from the BIOS
menu.
EX8650, EX8654, EX8658,
and EX16650 support: RAID
0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Supports Serial ATA
Specification II
Burst data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s from
Serial ATA drives to boost overall system
performance.
Supports Serial Attached
SCSI Specification
Burst data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s from
SAS drives to boost overall system
performance.
Independent data channels
for SATA and SAS drives
Drives can multiply their data transfer
performance when striped together and each
drive uses a separate data channel.
Supports multiple logical
drives on the same physical
drives
Up to 32 logical drives per array,
Up to 128 arrays drives per controller,
Up to 128 physical drives per controller,
Up to 256 logical drives per controller.