Escalade Serial Ata Controller; Raid Increases Performance And Adds Redundancy - 3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller User Manual

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
• Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card
• Multiple card support within a system for very 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
• R5 Fusion technology for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only
available on 7500 and 8500 models)

Escalade Serial ATA Controller

The Escalade 8500 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most
advanced controllers available, supporting from 4 to 12 Serial ATA
drives. These cards provide the highest level of RAID 5 perfor-
mance and scalability, traditionally seen only with a SCSI array.
Based on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the
8500 series are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the
point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA.
Teamed with a mature suite of software and firmware management
tools, the Escalade 8500 series of RAID controllers provide a pow-
erful, affordable alternative to SCSI.
RAID increases performance and adds
redundancy
Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inex-
pensive Disks (RAID) to increase your storage system's perfor-
mance and provide fault tolerance. The ATA RAID Controllers
offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for performance; RAID 1 mir-
rored arrays for fault tolerance; variable striped mirrored RAID 10
arrays for fault tolerance and performance; and RAID 5 arrays for
fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency.
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