VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID &
Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID Introduction
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Chapter 6. Installation of Driver
& Utility
This mainboard has VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID & Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel
ATA/Serial ATA RAID (optional). Serial ATA (SATA) is the latest generation of the
ATA interface. Serial ATA uses long, thin cables, making it easier to connect your
drive and improving the airflow inside your PC.
The key features of VT8237 SATA RAID are:
1. Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of two SATA
hard disk drives allowed.
2. Supports RAID 0 or RAID 1.
3. 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support.
4. Bootable disk or disk array support.
5. Windows-based RAID configure and management software tool.
(Compatible with BIOS)
6. Supports hot-swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 array.
7. Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP operating systems support.
VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID &
Promise FastTrak 579
Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID
(Optional) Introduction
The key features of Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID are:
1. RAID function work with ATA133+SATA H/D or two SATA H/D
2. Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive.
3. Supports RAID 0 , RAID 1 or RAID 0+1.
4. Windows-based RAID configure and management software tool.
(Compatible with BIOS)
5. Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP operating systems support.
6. Connect up to two SATA devices (such as SATA HDD, CD-ROM, DVD-
ROM) and two ATA133 devices.
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