DESCRIPTION
Only one RAID controller family can deliver fault tolerant, low cost storage, multi-terabyte capacity and unparalleled performance levels — the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA hardware RAID controllers. Combined with 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 computing.

Specifications
Model: 3Ware Escalade 9500S-4LP
Host Side Interface: 64-bit 66MHz PCI
Number of Channels: 4
Device Supports: 4 x hard disk drives
Interface Support: 68-pin High Density (for Ultra Wide SCSI)
RAID Levels: 0, 1, 5, 10, Single Disk (JBOD)
Dimensions: 7.475 x 2.3 in.

Feature
Optimized hardware XOR RAID 5 engine provides true hardware based RAID and intelligent drive management functions
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, Single Disk (JBOD)
Single array capacity scales to over 3 terabytes per controller (64-bit LBA support) 128 MB of ECC protected SDRAM, upgradable to 1 GB
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ready (available Summer 2004)
Online Capacity Expansion ready (available Summer 2004)
StorSwitch point-to-point, non-blocking switched architecture for highest performance
Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance
Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
Multiple array background initialization for immediate data redundancy
Host controller and drive command queuing for highest performance
Multiple card support (up to 4) within a system for large storage requirements
Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card for maximum configuration flexibility Legacy and SATA II out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support
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
SMTP support for email/pager notification
Emergency Flash Recovery protects against power failure during firmware upgrades
Support for drive activity LED Flexible task scheduling for increased useability
Multi-lane connectors based on the Infiniband SFF-8470 specification
Complete configuration management suite
3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) - BIOS configuration tool
3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) - browser-based management tool
Command Line Interface (CLI) - scriptable configuration tool