SATAII HARDWARE RAIDCONTR CARD 

SATAII Hardware RAIDContr Card

Product Code: 9550SX16MLKIT Price: Check Latest MODEL- 9550SX-16MLKIT VENDOR- 3WARE/AMCC STORAGE FEATURES- Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controller Kit Half-length/multi-lane SATA II RAID conroller, Supports up to 16 Serial ATA Drives. 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 offers a truly innovative SATA cabling solution for large- scale configurations, where space and airflow are at a premium. The 3ware 9500S Multi-lane (MI) controllers combine a highly reliable, locking cable/connector system that combines four SATA ports into one on the controller side. The 3ware 9500S-MI controllers increase reliability, and simplify ease of installation and routing. Multi- lane controllers require that you use a backplane with multi-lane connectors. Vendors who supply these backplanes include: AIC, Chenbro, Ci Designs and others. Includes Controller Card, cable, drivers, manual. * 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 (3DM2) -- 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 -- SPECIFICATIONs ----------------------------------- INTERFACE/BUS- 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X compliant CONNECTOR - Multi-lane type DRIVES - Supports up to 16 Serial ATA II drives RAID LEVELS - 0, 1, 10, 5, Single Disk (JBOD) ONBOARD CACHE- 256 MB O/S SUPPORT - Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux, FreeBSD. ALSO AVAILABLE - BBU9550SX01 Battery Backup Unit CBLIB05M .05 meter Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable CBLIB10M 1.0 meter Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:  1 YEAR