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Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family (includes 7000-2,
7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4,
8500-8, 8500-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller . . . . . . 15
Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . . . 15
CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) . . . . . 16
Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Protecting Equipment and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mechanical Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unmatched reliability and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Escalade Serial ATA Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RAID increases performance and adds redundancy . . . . . . . . . 20
Raid 0 arrays maximize performance and capacity . . . . . . . . . 21
Raid 1 arrays offer fault tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware’s
mirrored disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Raid 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance . . . 22
Raid 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high
capacity and storage efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5
write performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configure and manage your disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance
data integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 1. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . 30
Step 2. Create arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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