AMCC/3Ware 9550SX-12MI High-Performance PCI-X to Serial ATAII RAID Controller

i>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 #Upto 256 MB DDR2 400 memory with ECC protection #32 pooled DMA channels #Complete configuration management suite:

#Features include: secure access via ssh or https, create unit, delete unit, remove unit, import unit, migrate unit, verify unit rebuild unit

#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 su