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MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 64-Bit LVD has four SCSI channels that support 160M and Wide
SCSI, with data transfer rates of up to 160 MB/s per SCSI channel. Each SCSI channel supports up
to 15 Wide devices and up to seven non-Wide devices.
MegaRAID features include:
Features
remote configuration and array management through MegaRAID WebBIOS
high performance I/O migration path while preserving existing PCI-SCSI software
SCSI data transfers up to 160 MB/s
synchronous operation on a wide LVD SCSI bus
up to 15 LVD SCSI devices on the wide bus
up to 128 MB of 3.3V SDRAM cache memory in one single-sided or double-sided DIMM socket
(Cache memory is used for read and write-back caching and for RAID 3 and RAID 5 parity generation.)
NVRAM storage for RAID configuration data
audible alarm
DMA chaining support
separate DRAM bus
support for differential or single-ended SCSI with active termination
up to 12 MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 adapter cards per system
support for up to 15 SCSI devices per channel
support for RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, and 50
span depth of eight for RAID 1, 3 or 5 arrays
support for scatter/gather and tagged command queuing
ability to multithread up to 256 commands simultaneously
support for multiple rebuilds and consistency checks with transparent user-definable priority setting
support for variable stripe sizes for all logical drives
automatically detection of failed drives
automatic and transparent rebuild of hot spare drives
hot swap of new drives without taking the system down
optional battery backup for up to 72 hours of data retention
server clustering support
optional firmware provides multi-initiator support
server failover
software drivers for major operating systems

SMART Technology

The MegaRAID Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) detects up to 70%
of all predictable drive failures. SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads,
and drive electronics. You can recover from drive failures through RAID remapping and online
physical drive migration.
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