3ware 9650SE-24M8
  • Features 24 internal ports and RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, and JBOD.
  • Performance driven by a PCI Express host interface, Multi-lane™ connectivity, StorSwitch™ architecture and sophisticated SATA II features.
  • 3ware's parallel XOR RAID 6 parity generation algorithm maximizes RAID 6 throughput.
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Features

  • 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 SATA drives
  • Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance (not available with MAC drivers)
  • Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
  • 64-bit LBA support
  • ATA pass-through mode support
  • Up to 512MB 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 (3DM®2) – 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 carvving 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
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Cables and Accessories

LSI offers various internal cable options to make integration into your current system infrastructure as easy as possible. LSI also offers cache protection options for RAID controllers that protect against data loss in the event of a server or power failure by providing emergency power to the cache memory.