Introduction; Package Contents; Features - Accusys ACS-8910 User Manual

Introduction

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Thank you for purchasing the ACS-8910 --a cost effective, high performance RAID solution.
The ACS-8910 is designed to meet today demand of higher storage solutions for the emerging needs
of databases, e-mail, web servers and imaging systems maximizing data protection and exceptional
performance in a storage controller. Target usage ranges from small business to departmental and
corporate server needs. Plus, the ACS-8910 is designed for easy integration, smooth data expansion
and server migration.

1.1 Package contents

• ACS-8910 Controller Box X 1
• ACS-8910 User Manual X 1
• ACS-7480 (Ultra160 SCSI) or ACS-7140 (Fibre 2Gigabit) daughter-board
• 80 Pins proprietary IDE Cable X 8
• Extension Cable (3-in-1) X 1
• 10-pin to 9-pin D-sub male Interface Cable X 1
• GUI CD X1
• GUI Manual X 1

1.2 Features

The ACS-8910 is a full-featured RAID controller designed to provide the utmost in fault tolerance,
redundancy, reliability and performance. The following shows the features of the ACS-8910.
• Support for RAID Levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3and 5
• Host System independent
• Operating System independent
• Intel 80303 64-bit RISC High performance processor
• Support Ultra160 SCSI channel or Fibre 2Gigabits (Dual Chan is for option)
• Support 8 ATA-66/100 IDE channel
• Superior Accusys Array Management Firmware
• Flexible cache size of up to 512 MB
• Support up to 8 logical units
• Support on-line capacity expansion.
• Automatic Hot Swap, Hot Spare and Drive Rebuild Support
• Disk fail LED Indication
• Bad Sector reassignment
• Programmable Page and FAX event notification
• Remote monitoring through terminal
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