Overview
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-8 hardware RAID controllers deliver in excess of 400 Mbytes per second (MB/sec) sustained RAID 5 reads and over 100 MB/sec RAID 5 sequential writes with less than 3% CPU utilization.
Specifications
Model Number: 9500S-8
Brand: 3Ware
Condition: Refurbished
Alt. Part Number(s): 9500S-8
Product Type: Controller Card
Technical Description
Brand: 3Ware
Model: 9500S-8
Type: SATA
Internal Connectors: 8 x SATA 150
Interface: PCI 2.2 compliant 64-bit/66MHz
Transfer Rate: Up to 1.5 Gb/sec per port
Cache Memory: 128 MB of ECC protected SDRAM
RAID: RAID 0/1/5/10/50 JBOD
Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000. Red Hat Linux. SuSE Linux. FreeBSD
Features
Optimized hardware XOR RAID 5 engine provides true hardware based RAID and intelligent drive management functions
Single array capacity scales to over 4.8TB per controller (64-bit LBA support)
AMCC StorSave Platform for maximum reliability and performance:
Battery Backup Unit (BBU)
Write journaling for protection of drive write caching
Storage management:
Online Capacity Expansion to grow total capacity easily
RAID Level Management for converting non-redundant RAID volumes to RAID 5
StreamFusion maximizes performance through efficient handling of sequential streams
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 peak performance
Support for up to 4 cards per 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
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