3Ware 9500S-8 - Escalade RAID Controller Specification

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3ware

9000 Series

High-Performance Serial ATA Hardware RAID Controllers

Benefits

• Over 400 MB per second RAID 5

reads for high performance

computing applications

• Single array capacities scale to

over 4.8 TB per controller (64-bit

LBA support)

• True hardware RAID minimizes

impact to the host CPU, maximizing

your system investment

• AMCC StorSave Platform for

maximum reliability without

sacrificing performance

• Advanced software and RAID

features make configuring, manag-

ing and expanding RAID systems

a breeze

• Multi-lane connectors combine

four SATA ports into one for

maximum reliability

• Broad operating system support

including Windows, Linux (open

source) and FreeBSD (open source)

• A family of 12, 8 and 4-port

controllers simplifies migration

as capacity requirements grow

Hard

Drive

Up to

1.5 Gb/sec

Hard

per port

Drive

Hard

Drive

Hard

Drive

Advanced

StorSwitch

Architecture

3ware SATA Hardware

RAID Controller

Only one RAID controller family can deliver fault tolerant, low cost storage, multi-terabyte

capacity and unparalleled performance and reliability levels — the 3ware 9000 Series

Serial ATA hardware RAID controllers. Combined with the AMCC StorSave Platform and

an advanced RAID management feature set, the 9000 Series RAID controllers, available in

12, 8 and 4-port configurations, are the most compelling solution for high performance

and highest reliability computing.

3ware 9000 Series —

The Highest Performing Hardware RAID

3ware's advanced switched RAID architecture —

StorSwitch

™

unleashes the power of Serial ATA

(SATA), delivering the highest hardware RAID

performance in its class. The 3ware 9500S

hardware RAID controllers deliver in excess of

400 MB per second (MB/sec) sustained RAID 5

reads and over 100 MB/sec RAID 5 sequential

writes with less than 3% CPU utilization

The StorSwitch architecture can simultaneously

handle commands to and from multiple drives.

No single drive is penalized by another while

executing read or write commands. The on-board

processor ensures the host CPU is managing your

applications —not the RAID controller functions.

The result is superior overall performance

compared to other Serial ATA controllers.

Enterprise-class RAID Features

and Management

The 3ware 9500S hardware RAID controllers

include advanced RAID features for greater data

protection and management. The AMCC StorSave

Platform combines firmware and a Battery Backup

Unit (BBU) that maximizes data protection

without compromising performance. Greater

than 2 TB support allows for very large arrays in

64-bit platforms. An enhanced firmware platform

that allows features such as on-line capacity

expansion (OCE), RAID Migration and enclosure

management protects your RAID storage invest-

ment. 3ware's remote management software,

A P P L I C A T I O N S

Servers

Security/

Video

Surveillance

Editing

SATA R A I D C o n t r o l l e r s

3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage

configuration and management for Linux and

Windows environments via a Web browser.

Highest Reliability

Hardware RAID provides higher fault tolerance

than software RAID because it protects your data

in the event of an operating system failure.

The 3ware 9500S SATA hardware RAID controllers

support RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 and Single Disk

(JBOD).

The innovative AMCC StorSave Platform supplies

power to the cache memory module in the event

of a system power loss — without sacrificing

performance. It includes exclusive features that

utilize a write journaling technique, which

enables not only controller but also drive write

caching to continue in the event of a power

failure. The highest levels of performance are

continuously maintained while guarding against

data loss.

Integrated Solutions

3ware offers a truly innovative SATA cabling solu-

tion for large-scale configurations where space

and airflow are at a premium. The 3ware 9500S

Multi-lane (MI) controllers combine a highly

reliable, locking cable/connector system that

combines four SATA ports into one on the

controller side. Available in 12 or 8-port configu-

rations, the 3ware 9500S-MI controllers increase

reliability, and simplify installation and routing.

F O R

3 W A R E

C O N T R O L L E R S

Super

NAS

Video

Disk-to-Disk

Computing

On-Demand

Backup