Highest
performance SATA II RAID
The 3ware 9550SX PCI-X to SATA II RAID controller delivers
over 800MB/sec RAID 5 reads and exceeds 380MB/sec RAID 5 writes,
making it 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S
RAID controller.
7th generation StorSwitch™ non-blocking switch fabric
technology and sophisticated SATA II features including
3 Gbps transfer speed, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and
Port Multiplier support drive this unmatched performance.
Combined with an advanced RAID management feature set
that includes web-based, command-based, and API software
components, the 9550SX, available in 4, 8, 12, and 16-port
configurations, is the most compelling RAID solution available.
3ware 9550SX Features
- 7th-generation StorSwitch™ point-to-point, non-blocking
switched architecture
- On-board PowerPC RISC processor provides true hardware
RAID — SCSI device driver model to take advantage of
the benefits of SCSI using inexpensive Serial ATA drives
- Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance
- Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
- 64-bit LBA support
- ATA pass-through mode support
- Up to 256 MB DDR2 400 memory with ECC protection
- 32 pooled DMA channels
- Complete configuration management suite
— 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM2) – easy to use BIOS configuration tool
— 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) – browser-based management tool
- Features include: secure access via ssh or https, create
unit, delete unit, remove unit, import unit, migrate
unit, verify unit rebuild unit
— Command Line Interface (CLI) – scriptable configuration tool
- SNMP support
- SMTP support for email/pager notification
- ATA/6 and Out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up
support
- Auto carving allows logical units larger than 2 TB
to be divided into multiple units for legacy operating
systems that are limited to a maximum of 2 TB per logical
unit
- StorSave platform for advanced performance tuning with
the BBU
- Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one
card
- Multiple card support within a system for large storage
requirements
- Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability
- Dynamic sector repair for robust data protection
- S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring for reliability
- Emergency Flash Recovery protects against failed firmware
upgrade
- Drive activity LED support
- Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration
- Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ready
- Enhanced data protection with write journaling for
non-redundant arrays and accidental drive removal
- Drive insertion and removal notification
Operating System Support
Microsoft® Windows® 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux,
SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel,
FreeBSD, 32/64-bit support. |