Mylex AcceleRAID 250

Mylex AcceleRAID 250 ... performance and fault tolerance of RAID to entry level and mid-range server applications at the lowest cost possible. AcceleRAID 250 adapters are designed to also support PCI-based motherboards with embedded SCSI chips and systems that have a PCI expansion slot designated for add-in RAID controllers. The AcceleRAID 250 adapters upgrade Symbios SCSI chips mounted on the system board to advanced RAID SCSI channels through use of interrupts routed to the designated PCI slot. Intel's N440BX, T440BX, NA440BX, NC440BX, and SC450NX are examples of such motherboards and systems.

The AcceleRAID 250 employs the same architecture as the world record-breaking performance leader, Mylex's DAC960PJ, but the hardware is optimized to be a single-channel RAID controller with Ultra2 SCSI support. Alternatively, it can use the SCSI channels on the motherboard for a multiple channel solution. This means the AcceleRAID has lower component count and lower cost, yet delivers the same superior performance and fault tolerance expected from Mylex RAID controllers. The AcceleRAID family of RAID controllers pro-vides users the option to now use RAID in all high performance applications based on PC workstations, entry-level servers, and mid-range systems.

AcceleRAID 250 RAID adapters have a multitude of fault detection and fault tolerance features, as well as new functions to ease set-up, flexibility and management. The new Immediate RAID Availability (back-ground initialization) feature enables other set-up tasks to be performed while the rest of the system is being configured. RAID expansion allows users to add drives to existing arrays and re-stripe data across all the drives. The additional storage space created by the new drive expands the capacity of the existing logical array and creates an additional logical drive.

The kit includes 3 Seagate Barracuda 18.2 GB Hard Disk Drives.