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 8000 Series RAID controllers from 3ware. With the ability to support up to 4 controllers per system, the 3ware 8000 Series can scale capacity to over 12 TB (250 GB x 12 port x 4 controllers/system).

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.

8000 Series DataSheet
               

Model	Drive Support	RAID Levels	Target Markets
8006-2LP	Up to 2 Serial ATA	0,1, JBOD	Workstations, Gaming
8506-4LP	Up to 4 Serial ATA	0,1,10,5, JBOD	Departmental Servers, Video Editing
8506-8	Up to 8 Serial ATA	0,1,10,5, JBOD	Departmental Servers, Security and Surveillance, Disk-to-Disk Backup
8506-12	Up to 12 Serial ATA	0,1,10,5, JBOD	Security and Surveillance, NAS Storage, Disk-to-Disk Backup

         Escalade® 8506 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

Operating System Support
Microsoft® Windows® 2003/XP/2000, RedHat® Linux, SuSE® Linux, FreeBSD For complete OS listing, go to: www.3ware.com/support/index.asp