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- Page 1 For the latest 3ware product information, visit www.3ware.com. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. 3ware, 3DM and StorSwitch are registered trademarks of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation in the United States. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
- Page 2 The Right Tool for the Job 3ware pioneered the way for SATA and we now capitalize on our time-proven serial storage expertise to take users from SCSI to SAS. Most importantly, whether our customers require SAS, SATA or combined SAS/SATA connectivity, 3ware will provide the right tool for the job.
- Page 3 High Performance Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Controllers 3ware pioneered the way for SATA and now capitalizes on time- proven serial storage expertise to take users from parallel SCSI to SAS. The 9690SA seizes the moment to enter the market just as...
- Page 4 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.
- Page 5 (Multi-lane external SAS converter cable) (Forward SAS breakout cable w/ drive (Multi-lane internal) (Forward breakout cable)* power connectors) 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 3ware Controller Model # 9690SA (-8I, -4I4E, 4I) 9690SA (8I, 4I4E, 4I)
- Page 6 Connector to Connector Options Cable P/N Options Cable Description Where Used Controller To Drives / To Controller Backplane 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controllers CBL-SFF8087-05M 0.5 meter cable Connects the controller’s SFF-8087 Multi-lane connector(s) to the backplane’s 9690SA-8I SFF-8087 SFF-8087 Multi-lane SFF-8087 connector(s) CBL-SFF8087-06M 0.6 meter cable...
- Page 7 SFF-8087 SFF-8470 to the backplane’s SFF-8470 Multi-lane (MI) connector(s) CBL-SFF8087IB-06M 0.6 meter converter cable (internal hybrid) 3ware 9500S and 8006 Internal RAID Controllers Connects the controller’s discrete SATA port(s) to the drives’ or Discrete Discrete CBL-SATA-39 39” (1m) standard, discrete, point-to-point SATA cable 9500S-4LP backplane’s discrete SATA connector(s)
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Page 8: Battery Backup Units
RAID 6 Two sets of parity are simultaneously calculated, written, and rotated across all the drives. Data Protection (On select 3ware 9690SA and 9650SE This allows the array to survive up to two drive failures without losing data, for significantly controllers) improved fault tolerance. -
Page 9: Putting The Pieces Together
• Internet/Intranet • No fault tolerance Hardware vs. Software RAID SATA Disk All AMCC 3ware RAID controllers incorporate onboard processors to deliver true hardware RAID. Software RAID schemes use the system’s SATA Disk processor, exploit host memory, compromise reliability and potentially rob the system of as much as 60% of its CPU cycles just to process RAID calculations. RAID 10 "Striped Mirror"... - Page 10 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...
- Page 11 SATA and SATA II (1.5/ 3Gb/s), and SAS BBU-9500S-01 Battery Backup Unit for 3ware 9500S RAID Features RAID 6 on select 3ware 9650SE controllers, RAID Level Migration, online BATT-9500S-SPARE Replacement battery for BBU-9500S-01 capacity expansion, hot swap/hot spare, S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring,...
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