On-board I/O RISC processor and RAID offload provides true hardware RAID: SCSI device driver model to take advantage of the benefits of SCSI using inexpensive Serial ATA drives
Bootable array
Additional Specification :
l> #8th-generation StorSwitch non-blocking switched architecture #On-board I/O RISC processor and RAID offload 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 #256MB DDR2-533 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 (3DM2) - browser-based management tool #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 LUNs > 2TB to be divided into multiple units for legacy operating systems limited to 2TB max. per LUN #Battery Backup Unit (BBU) support #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 #Enhanced data protection with write journaling for non-redundant arrays and accidental drive removal #Drive insertion and removal notification #Array/Drive Status and drive identification LED support (requires 3ware Chassis Control Unit-enabled backplane) #Chassis Control Unit for enclosure management via I2C #Form Factor: Low Profile #Port: 8x SATA, 2.6 Specification support #Host Interface: PCI Express x4, PCI Express 1.1 compliant #Raid Levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD #Onboard Memory: 256MB DDR2-533 #Connector Type: Multi-lane #BBU Support
