H A R D W A R E R A I D Spring / Summer 2007 3ware® Produc t Guide C O N T R O L L E R S Sales Offices for 3ware Products: 215 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Tel: +1-408-542-8771 +1-877-883-9273 Email: 3waresales@amcc.
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s AMCC Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA 1 3ware 9650SE 2 3ware 9550SX 2 3ware Sidecar 3 xSATA vs.
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.
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® 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® 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.
How Much is 3TB? Movie=1GB Digital Photo=5MB Song=3MB Spreadsheet=100KB Data Quantity Movies Digital Photos Songs Spreadsheets 3,000 600,000 1,000,000 30,000,000 xSATA up to 28x FASTER! 1200 300 Interface Interface Speed xSATA eSATA Firewire 800 Firewire 400 USB 2.
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 enterprise-class SATA storage solutions by greatly reducing the number of cables needed to connect controllers, backplanes, and standard SATA drives. The Multi-lane SATA cable/connection system is fast, secure, simple, and clutter free. It combines the RAID controller’s four SATA ports into a single locked connection.
Multi-lane SATA Cable and Connector Systems SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 (Multi-lane internal) SFF-8087 to Discrete (Forward breakout cable)* Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout cable)* SFF-8087 to SFF-8470 (Bi-directional Multi-lane hybrid cable) SFF-8470 to SFF-8087 (Bi-directional Multi-lane hybrid cable) SFF-8470 to SFF-8470 (Multi-lane internal) 3ware Controller Model # 9650SE (-4LPML, -8LPML, -12ML, -16ML) 9550SXU (-12ML, 16ML) 3ware Controller Model # 9650SE (-4LPML, -8LPML, -12ML, -16ML) 9550SXU (
3ware Controller/Cable Matrix Connector to Connector Options Controller To Controller To Drives / Backplane Cable P/N Options Cable Description Where Used 3ware 9650SE Internal RAID Controllers 9650SE-2LP Discrete Discrete 9650SE-4LPML, -8LPML, -12ML, -16ML SFF-8087 SFF-8087 SFF-8087 Discrete SFF-8087 SFF-8470 M8 M8 9650SE-24M8 CBL-SATA-39 39” (1m) standard, discrete, point-to-point SATA cable Connects a controller’s discrete SATA port(s) to the drives’ or backplane’s discrete SATA conn
3ware 9550SXU Internal RAID Controllers 9550SXU-4LP, -8LP, -12 9550SXU-12MI 9550SXU-12ML, 16ML Discrete Discrete Discrete SFF-8087 Discrete SFF-8470 SFF-8470 SFF-8470 SFF-8470 Discrete SFF-8470 SFF-8087 SFF-8087 SFF-8087 SFF-8087 Discrete SFF-8087 SFF-8470 Discrete Discrete Discrete SFF-8087 SFF-8470 SFF-8470 Discrete Discrete CBL-SATA-39 CBL-SFF8087OCR-05M CBL-SFF8087OCR-06M CBL-SFF8087OCR-10M CBL-OCR-18 CBL-OCR-10M CBL-IB-05M CBL-IB-10M CBL-OCF-18 CBL-OCF-10M CBL-SFF8087IB-05
3ware features and benefits StorSwitch™ Non-blocking switch fabric architecture Maximizes controller throughput by allowing concurrent communications with all attached SATA drives through a pool of 32 direct memory access (DMA) channels. Performance StorSave Powerful reliability enhancements Achieves unmatched data protection while maximizing performance in critical RAID modes when data availability, accessibility, and data protection are most needed.
Putting the Pieces Together Advanced 3ware RAID Features and Performance Architecture Hard Drive Host Data StorSwitch™ maximizes controller throughput — StorSwitch is a unique non-blocking switch fabric architecture that allows 3ware controllers to concurrently communicate to all attached SATA Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3 Disk #4 Disk #5 drives through a pool of 32 direct memory access (DMA) channels for unparalleled performance Block 1 P1 Parity Q1 Parity Block 2 Block 3 and data availability.
Striped Data with Distributed Double Parity — RAID 6 Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3 Disk #4 Disk #5 P1 Parity Q1 Parity Block 1 Block 2 Block 4 P2 Parity Q2 Parity Block 8 Block 11 B3 3 Parity SATA Disk D3 C3 SATA Disk SATA Disk Block 3 SATA Disk SATA Disk Block 5 Block 6 SATA Disk P3 Parity Q3 Parity Block 9 Block 12 P4 Parity Q4 Parity RAID 5 “Rotational Parity” Common RAID Levels Block 7 Block 10 Striped Data with Distributed Double Parity — RAID 6 A E B A C E F G I
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 of parity are calculated, written, and rotated across all the drives. This second simultaneous P + Q parity calculation allows the array to survive up to two drive failures without losing data, for significantly improved fault tolerance. RAID 6-enabled 9650SE controllers deliver unequaled RAID 6 performance.
3ware RAID Controller Part Number Matrix 3ware 9650SE PCI Express-to-Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controllers Model Number Host Interface Ports 9650SE-2LP 9650SE-4LPML 9650SE-4LPME 9650SE-8LPML 9650SE-12ML 9650SE-16ML 9650SE-24M8 PCI Express x1 PCI Express x4 PCI Express x4 PCI Express x4 PCI Express x8 PCI Express x8 PCI Express x8 2 4 4 8 12 16 24 RAID Levels Controller Connector Footprint RoHS 0, 1, Single Disk, JBOD 0, 1, 5, 10, Single Disk, JBOD 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Dis
3ware 8006 PCI-to-Serial ATA Hardware RAID Controller Model Number Host Interface Ports 8006-2LP 64-bit/66MHz 2 RAID Levels Controller Connector Footprint RoHS 0, 1, Single Disk, JBOD Discrete Low profile 5/6 3ware Controller Specifications 3ware Controller Accessories Operating Systems Model Number Description BBU-MODULE-03 BATT-SPARE-02 BBU-9500S-01 BATT-9500S-SPARE RDC-400-SATA RDC-TRAY-SATA RDE-TRAY-01 CABLES Battery Backup Unit for 3ware 9650SE/9590SE/9550SX(U) Replacement battery f
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s AMCC Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA 1 3ware 9650SE 2 3ware 9550SX 2 3ware Sidecar 3 xSATA vs.
Spring / Summer 2007 3ware® Produc t Guide H A R D W A R E R A I D C O N T R O L L E R S Sales Offices for 3ware Products: 215 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Tel: +1-408-542-8771 +1-877-883-9273 Email: 3waresales@amcc.
