Operating System Support
• Microsoft® Windows® 2003/XP/2000, RedHat® Linux, SuSE® Linux, FreeBSD
For complete OS listing, go to:
www.3ware.com/support/OS-support
3ware 9000 Series Specifications
• PCI 2.2 compliant 64-bit/66MHz bus master
• Serial ATA Specification 1.0a compliant
• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
• Operating Temperature Without BBU: 0˚C to 50˚C
With BBU:
10˚C to 40˚C
• Power Requirements
8.72 W max. on +5 V
250 mW max. on +3.3 V
250 mW max. on -12V, +12 V not used
• Dimensions
PCI MD2 Low Profile: 9500S-4LP
7.475"L x 2.300"H
(18.987cm x 5.842cm)
PCI Half Length:
9500S-8
7.475"L x 3.875"H
(18.987cm x 9.843cm)
9500S-12
7.475"L x 3.875"H
(18.987cm x 9.843cm)
9500S-8MI
7.430"L x 3.875"H
(18.872cm x 9.843cm)
9500S-12MI
7.430"L x 3.875"H
(18.872cm x 9.843cm)
Service and Support
•
3-year warranty
•
Support via the web at
www.3ware.com/support
•
For latest motherboard and hard drive compatibility listing go to:
www.3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata.asp
Accessories
• RDC- 400-SATA :
Serial ATA RAID Internal Drive Cage
• CBL-SATA-39 :
1m Serial ATA Cable
• CBL-SATA-24:
0.61m Serial ATA Cable
• CBL-IB-05M :
0.5m Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable
• CBL-IB-10M :
1m Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable
• BBU-9500S-01:
Battery Backup Unit
3ware 9000 Series Features
• Optimized hardware XOR RAID 5 engine provides true hardware
based RAID and intelligent drive management functions
• Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, Single Disk (JBOD)
• Single array capacity scales to over 4.8 TB per controller (64-bit LBA support)
• 128 MB of ECC protected SDRAM, upgradable to 256 MB
• AMCC StorSave Platform for maximum reliability and performance
— Battery Backup Unit (BBU)
— Write journaling for protection of drive write caching
• Storage management
— Online Capacity Expansion to grow total capacity easily
— RAID Level Management for converting non-redundant
RAID volumes to RAID 5
• StreamFusion maximizes performance through efficient handling
of sequential streams
• StorSwitch point-to-point, non-blocking switched architecture
for highest performance
• Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance
• Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
• Multiple array background initialization for immediate data redundancy
• Host controller and drive command queuing for peak performance
• Support for up to 4 cards per system for large storage requirements
• Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card
for maximum configuration flexibility
• Legacy and SATA II out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support
• 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
• SMTP support for email/pager notification
• Emergency Flash Recovery protects against power failure during
firmware upgrades
• Support for drive activity LED
• Flexible task scheduling for increased useability
• Multi-lane connectors based on the Infiniband SFF-8470 specification
• Complete configuration management suite
— 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) – BIOS configuration tool
— 3ware Disk Manager
2
(3DM®
2
) – browser-based management tool
— Command Line Interface (CLI) – scriptable configuration tool
3ware 9000 Series
AMCC reserves the right to make changes to its products, or to discontinue any product or service without notice, and advises its customers to obtain the latest version of relevant information to verify,
before placing orders, that the information being relied upon is current.
AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. 3ware, SwitchedRAID and 3DM are registered trademarks in the United States and StorSwitch is a trademark in the United States,
of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Copyright © 2004 Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
DS9000_01/25/05
3ware 9500S-4LP with BBU
3ware 9500S-12MI
with Multi-lane cable
3ware 9000 Series Selection Guide
Model
9500S-4LP
9500S-8
9500S-12
9500S-8MI
9500S-12MI
Drive Support
Up to 4 Serial ATA
Up to 8 Serial ATA
Up to 12 Serial ATA
Up to 8 Serial ATA
Up to 12 Serial ATA
RAID Levels
0,1,10,5, Single Disk (JBOD)
0,1,10,5,50, Single Disk (JBOD)
0,1,10,5,50, Single Disk (JBOD)
0,1,10,5,50, Single Disk (JBOD)
0,1,10,5,50, Single Disk (JBOD)
Target Markets
Departmental Servers,
Departmental Servers,
Security and Surveillance,
Departmental Servers,
Security and Surveillance,
Video Editing
Security and Surveillance,
Super Computing,
Security and Surveillance,
Super Computing,
Super Computing,
Video On-Demand,
Super Computing,
Video On-Demand,
Video On-Demand,
Disk-to-Disk Backup,
Video On-Demand,
Disk-to-Disk Backup,
NAS Storage
NAS Storage
NAS Storage
NAS Storage
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Sales Offices for 3ware Products:
USA:
+1-877-883-9273
+1-408-523-1000
Europe:
+00-800-3927-3000
Asia/Pacific: + 65-6826-3381
Japan:
+81-3-6717-4458
3waresales
@
amcc.com
www.3ware.com
www.amcc.com
