AMCC/3Ware 9550SXU-12 12-Port SATA2 RAID Controller, Bulk (10-Pack)

AMCC/3Ware 9550SXU-12 12-Port SATA2 RAID Controller, Bulk (10-Pack) Specification

7th-generation StorSwitch point-to-point, non-blocking switched architecture
On-board PowerPC RISC processor provides true hardware RAID - SCSI device driver model to take advantage of the benefits of SCSI using inexpensive Serial ATA drives
Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance
Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
64-bit LBA support
ATA pass-through mode support
256MB DDR2-400 memory with ECC protection
32 pooled DMA channels
Complete configuration management suite:

Features include: secure access via ssh or https, create unit, delete unit, remove unit, import unit, migrate unit, verify unit rebuild unit

SNMP support
SMTP support for email/pager notification
ATA-6 and Out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support
Auto carving allows logical units larger than 2TB to be divided into multiple units for legacy operating systems that are limited to a maximum of 2TB per logical unit
StorSave platform for advanced performance tuning with the BBU
Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card
Multiple card support within a system for large storage requirements
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
Emergency Flash Recovery protects against failed firmware upgrade
Drive activity LED support
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ready
Enhanced data protection with write journaling for non-redundant arrays and accidental drive removal
Drive insertion and removal notification
RoHS-6 Compliant

Port Count: 12
Supports RAID Levels: 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 and JBOD
Host Interface: PCI-X
Host Interface Speed: 64-bit / 133MHz
Onboard Memory: 256 MB
Connector Type: Discrete
SATA 2.5 Specification support
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
Power Requirements: 3.5 ~ 10W @ 3.3V (depending on configuration)
Operating System Support: Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD, 32/64-bit support
Form Factor: Half-length
Dimensions (LxH): 6.875 x 4.2 inch / 17.463 x 10.668 cm
10-Pack

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