When the challenge is to increase storage capacity while controlling costs, one Serial ATA (SATA) RAID controller family gives IT professionals what they need to accomplish both goals - the 3ware 8006 Series RAID controllers from 3ware. With the ability to support up to 4 controllers per system, the 3ware 8006 Series can scale capacity to over 12 TB (250 GB x 12 port x 4 controllers/system).
Model: 3ware 8006-2LP
Drive Support Up to 2 Serial ATA SATA Drives
RAID Levels: 0, 1, JBOD
Target Markets: Workstations, Gaming
AMCC Storage combines an advanced non-blocking switched fabric architecture StorSwitch™, with SATA drives to deliver a highly scalable hardware RAID storage solution. Each controller boasts a PCI 66MHz custom ASIC that combines an integrated RISC processor, PCI bridge (64-bit, 66MHz) and XOR RAID engine. The 3ware 8506 offers the most popular Serial ATA RAID 5 as well as Levels 0,1,10 and JBOD.
3ware 8006 Series
Supports up to 12 TB of storage (dependent on drive capacity)
Up to 4 cards supported within a system
Maximum of 2 TB per RAID array
StorSwitch point-to-point, non-blocking architecture
Optimized hardware XOR RAID 5 engine provides true hardware based RAID and intelligent drive management functions
SCSI device driver model to take advantage of the benefits of SCSI using inexpensive ATA drives
Remote browser 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with password security for network management of storage arrays
SMTP support for email/pager notification
Easy-to-configure arrays from BIOS; 3DM or CLI utilities
Staggered spin-up to minimize in-rush current at power up
Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card for maximum configuration flexibility
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
2 levels of administrator access to 3DM for added security
