The PROMISE SATA300 Series SATA PCI HBA (Host Bus Adapter( offers the premier solution for connecting internally and externally of the latest high-performance SATA 3Gb/s Serial ATA disk drives. The SATA300 Series offering users a cost-effective solution for upgrading their existing desktop or server systems and being able to move big chunks of data quickly.

While storage system performance is affected by components throughout the computer system, SATA drives with 3Gb/s can deliver significantly faster burst data throughput. Like a faster data cache, the faster burst rate when using the latest 3Gb/s drives should provide a snappier feel when opening small files and conducting the day-to-day tasks that many desktop and workstation PCs are required to perform.

The controller supports Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives and conforms to CabCon Volume 2 Specification, Serial ATA II Revision 2.5 specification - including Native Command Queuing and Disk Activity LED headers support. In addition to NCQ, the controller also supports Tagged Command Queuing with drives that can take advantage of this capability. Command Queuing increases I/O performance by intelligently reordering data requests so that the data can be more quickly accessed than if the commands weren't ordered.