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H A R D W A R E R A I D C O N T R O L L E R S
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3 w a r e P r o d u c t G u i d e
S p r i n g / S u m m e r 2 0 0 7
Sales Offices for 3ware Products:
215 Moffett Park Drive Europe: +44-161-232-6360
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Asia/Pacific: +65-6826-3381
Tel: +1-408-542-8771 Japan: +0800-123-9273
+1-877-883-9273 China: +86-10-6581-4916
Email: 3waresales@amcc.com
AMCC reserves the right to make changes to its products, or to discontinue any product or service without notice, and advises its customer
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T a b l e o f C o n T e n T s About 3ware RAID Controllers 1 3ware 9650SE 2 3ware 9550SX 2 3ware Sidecar 3 xSATA vs. eSATA, Firewire and USB 3 Multi-lane Cables and Connectors 4 3ware Controller/Cable Matrix 5 3ware Features and Benefits 6 Putting the Pieces Together 6 Common RAID Levels 7 AMCC Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA Hardware vs Software RAID 7 • Industry leading 3ware® s erial aTa R aID controllers for Red Hot RAID 6 7 performance, capacity and peace of mind 3ware RAID Controller Part
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About 3ware RAID Controllers 3ware RAID controllers and storage solutions deliver full-featured true hardware RAID to servers, workstations and storage systems. 3ware controllers are available in 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 24-port configurations, and are the most compelling RAID solutions available. Advanced RAID features, SATA II connectivity, and powerful 3ware performance architecture make 3ware controllers ideal for vertical applications that require the highest levels of sustained write and
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® 3ware 9650SE High Performance PCI Express to Serial ATA II RAID Controllers The best keeps getting better with red hot RAID 6 AMCC’s 3ware 9650SE SATA II hardware RAID controllers deliver industry-leading RAID 6 and RAID 5 performance, robust fault tolerance, and multi-terabyte capacities. ™ ™ A PCI Express host interface, Multi-lane connectivity, StorSwitch architecture, and sophisticated SATA II features drive this unrivaled performance. 3ware 9650SE Specifications • PCI Express x1, x4,
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® 3ware 9550SX High Performance PCI-X to Serial ATA II RAID Controllers High Performance PCI-X RAID Solution of Choice The 3ware 9550SX SATA II RAID controller delivers performance, robust fault-tolerance, and multi-terabyte capacities. 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 PCI-X solution available. 3ware 9550SX Specificat
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® 3ware Sidecar High-Performance Hardware RAID Storage for PC and Apple Workstations Think Outside the Box The 3ware® Sidecar featuring true hardware RAID is the only external storage choice for PCs, Apple® Mac Pro and Power Mac® G5 when capacity, performance, data protection, and ease of use are the goals. Broad OS support including Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, an easily configurable RAID controller teamed with an intuitive management suite, and Multi-lane connectivity make the 3ware Sid
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How Much is 3TB? Data Quantity Movie=1GB Movies 3,000 Digital Photo=5MB Digital Photos 600,000 Song=3MB Songs 1,000,000 xSATA up to 28x FASTER! Spreadsheet=100KB Spreadsheets 30,000,000 1200 1050 900 xSATA vs. eSATA, Firewire and USB 750 xSATA offers significantly faster transfer speeds, 600 better scalability, and improved cabling options than 450 eSATA, Firewire and USB interfaces. 300 Interface Interface Speed 150 0 xSATA 12Gb/s (1200MB/s) xSATA eSATA Firewire 400 Firewire 800 USB
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™ Multi-lane High-Performance SATA Cable and Connector System Get Connected via the Multi-lane™ Expressway AMCC’s award winning Multi-lane design enables highly reliable and streamlined Internal enterprise-class SATA storage solutions by greatly reducing the number of cables SFF-8087 needed to connect controllers, backplanes, and standard SATA drives. SFF-8470 M8 The Multi-lane SATA cable/connection system is fast, secure, simple, and clutter free. It combines the RAID controller’s four SATA
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Multi-lane SATA Cable and Connector Systems SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 SFF-8087 to Discrete Discrete to SFF-8087 SFF-8087 to SFF-8470 SFF-8470 to SFF-8087 SFF-8470 to SFF-8470 (Multi-lane internal) (Forward breakout cable)* (Reverse breakout cable)* (Bi-directional Multi-lane (Bi-directional Multi-lane (Multi-lane internal) hybrid cable) hybrid cable) 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 96
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3ware Controller/Cable Matrix Connector to Connector Options Controller Cable P/N Options Cable Description Where Used To Drives / To Controller Backplane 3ware 9650SE Internal RAID Controllers Discrete Discrete CBL-SATA-39 39” (1m) standard, discrete, point-to-point Connects a controller’s discrete SATA port(s) to the drives’ 9650SE-2LP SATA cable or backplane’s discrete SATA connector(s) CBL-SFF8087-05M 0.5 meter cable Connects the controller’s SFF-8087 Multi-lane connector(s) to 9650SE-4
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3ware 9550SXU Internal RAID Controllers 39” (1m) standard, discrete, point-to-point Connects the controller’s discrete SATA port(s) to the drives’ Discrete Discrete CBL-SATA-39 9550SXU-4LP, SATA cable or backplane’s discrete SATA connector(s) -8LP, -12 CBL-SFF8087OCR-05M 0.5 meter reverse breakout cable Connects the controller’s discrete SATA port(s) to the backplane’s Discrete SFF-8087 CBL-SFF8087OCR-06M 0.6 meter reverse breakout cable SFF-8087 Multi-lane connectors CBL-SFF8087OCR-10M
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3ware features and benefits ™ StorSwitch Maximizes controller throughput by allowing concurrent communications with all attached Performance Non-blocking switch fabric architecture SATA drives through a pool of 32 direct memory access (DMA) channels. StorSave Achieves unmatched data protection while maximizing performance in critical RAID modes Data Protection Powerful reliability enhancements when data availability, accessibility, and data protection are most needed. StreamFusion Maximize
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Putting the Pieces Together Hard Drive Advanced 3ware RAID Features and Performance Architecture Up to 1.5 Gb/sec Hard Host Data per port Drive StreamFusion Performance Hard Drive Hard Drive vs. Competition Advanced ™ StorSwitch StorSwitch maximizes controller throughput — StorSwitch is a unique non-blocking switch 120 Architecture 3ware SATA Hardware RAID Controller fabric architecture that allows 3ware controllers to concurrently communicate to all attached SATA 100 Disk #1
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Host Data Host Data Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3 Disk #4 Disk #5 RAID 5 “Rotational Parity” P1 Parity Q1 Parity Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3 Disk #4 Disk #5 Block 4 P2 Parity Q2 Parity Block 5 Block 6 RAID 5 “Rotational Parity” A0 B0 C0 0 Parity P1 Parity Q1 Parity Block 1 Block 7Block 2 Block 8Block 3 P3 Parity Q3 Parity Block 9 A1 B1 1 Parity D1 Block 4 P2 Parity Q2 Parity Block 10 Block 5 Block 11 Block 6 Block 12 P4 Parity Q4 Parity Host Data A0 B0 C0 A2 0 Parity 2 Parity C2
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Host Data Red Hot RAID 6 The fastest RAID 6 available RAID 6 eliminates the risk of data loss if a second hard disk drive fails while the RAID array is rebuilding. In a 3ware RAID 6 system, two sets Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3 Disk #4 Disk #5 of parity are calculated, written, and rotated across all the drives. This second simultaneous P + Q parity calculation allows the array P1 Parity Q1 Parity Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 to survive up to two drive failures without losing data, for significa
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3ware RAID Controller Part Number Matrix 3ware 9650SE PCI Express-to-Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controllers Model Number Host Interface Ports RAID Levels Controller Connector Footprint RoHS 9650SE-2LP PCI Express x1 2 0, 1, Single Disk, JBOD Discrete Low profile 6/6 9650SE-4LPML PCI Express x4 4 0, 1, 5, 10, Single Disk, JBOD Multi-lane (SFF-8087) Low profile 6/6 9650SE-4LPME PCI Express x4 4 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD Multi-lane (SFF-8088) Low profile 6/6 9650SE-8LPML PCI Express x4 8 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
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3ware 8006 PCI-to-Serial ATA Hardware RAID Controller Model Number Host Interface Ports RAID Levels Controller Connector Footprint RoHS 8006-2LP 64-bit/66MHz 2 0, 1, Single Disk, JBOD Discrete Low profile 5/6 3ware Controller Specifications 3ware Controller Accessories Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows® 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Fedora Model Number Description Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD, 32/64-bit support, Mac BBU-MODULE-03 Battery Backup Unit for 3war
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T a b l e o f C o n T e n T s About 3ware RAID Controllers 1 3ware 9650SE 2 3ware 9550SX 2 3ware Sidecar 3 xSATA vs. eSATA, Firewire and USB 3 Multi-lane Cables and Connectors 4 3ware Controller/Cable Matrix 5 3ware Features and Benefits 6 Putting the Pieces Together 6 Common RAID Levels 7 AMCC Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA Hardware vs Software RAID 7 • Industry leading 3ware® s erial aTa R aID controllers for Red Hot RAID 6 7 performance, capacity and peace of mind 3ware RAID Controller Part
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H A R D W A R E R A I D C O N T R O L L E R S ® 3 w a r e P r o d u c t G u i d e S p r i n g / S u m m e r 2 0 0 7 Sales Offices for 3ware Products: 215 Moffett Park Drive Europe: +44-161-232-6360 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Asia/Pacific: +65-6826-3381 Tel: +1-408-542-8771 Japan: +0800-123-9273 +1-877-883-9273 China: +86-10-6581-4916 Email: 3waresales@amcc.com AMCC reserves the right to make changes to its products, or to discontinue any product or service without notice, and advises its customer
