SATA
3ware
®
9650se
High Performance PCI Express to Serial ATA II RAID Controllers
The best keeps getting better with red hot RAID 6
AMCC’s 3ware 9650SE SATA II hardware RAID controllers deliver industry-leading
RAID 6 and RAID 5 performance, robust fault tolerance, and multi-terabyte capacities.
A PCI Express host interface, Multi-lane
™
connectivity, StorSwitch
™
architecture,
and sophisticated SATA II features drive this unrivaled performance.
3ware 9650se specifications
• PCI Express x1, x4, x8 configurations
• Serial ATA II advanced features
— 3Gb/s transfer speed
— Native Command Queuing
• Low profile form factor
— 2, 4, 8-port configurations
• Full height form factor
— 12, 16, 24-port configurations
• RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
(see chart below)
• RoHS 6 of 6 and WEEE compliant
3ware 9650se series selection Guide
9650SE-2LP
9650SE-4LPML
9650SE-4LPME
9650SE-8LPML
9650SE-12ML
9650SE-16ML
9650SE-24M8
Form Factor
Low profile
Low profile
Low profile
Low profile
Full height
Full height
Full height
Port Count
2
4
4
8
12
16
24
Drive Interface
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
PCI Express
x1
x4
x4
x4
x8
x8
x8
RAID Levels
0, 1, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10,
Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10,
JBOD
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single
Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk, JBOD
Onboard Memory
128MB DDR2 533
256MB DDR2 533
256MB DDR2 533
256MB DDR2 533
256MB DDR2 533
256MB DDR2 533
512MB DDR2 533
Connector Type
Discrete
Multi-lane
Multi-lane (external)
Multi-lane
Multi-lane
Multi-lane
Multi-lane
BBU Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SATA
3ware
®
9550sXU*
High Performance PCI-X to Serial ATA II RAID Controllers
High Performance PCI-X RAID solution of Choice
The 3ware 9550SXU SATA II RAID controller delivers performance, robust fault-tolerance,
and multi-terabyte capacities. Combined with an advanced RAID management
feature set that includes web-based, command-based, and API software components,
the 9550SXU, available in 4, 8, 12, and 16-port configurations, is the most compelling
PCI-X solution available.
3ware 9550sXU specifications
• PCI-X 1.0b (and PCI 2.3) compliant
— 64-bit/133/100/66MHz bus master
• Serial ATA II advanced features
— 3Gb/s transfer speed
— Native Command Queuing
• Low profile (4 and 8-port) and full height form factors
• 4, 8, 12, and 16-port configurations
• RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, and JBOD
(see chart below)
• RoHS 6 of 6 and WEEE compliant
3ware 9550sXU series selection Guide
9550SXU-4LP
9550SXU-8LP
9550SXU-12
9550SXU-12MI
9550SXU-12ML
9550SXU-16ML
Form Factor
Low profile
Low profile
Full height
Full height
Full height
Full height
Port Count
4
8
12
12
12
16
Drive Interface
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
Host Interface
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCI-X
Host Interface Speed
64-bit/133MHz
64-bit/133MHz
64-bit/133MHz
64-bit/133MHz
64-bit/133MHz
64-bit/133MHz
RAID Levels
0, 1, 5, 10, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
0, 1, 5, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD
Onboard Memory
128MB
128MB
256MB
256MB
256MB
256MB
Connector Type
Discrete
Discrete
Discrete
Multi-lane
Multi-lane
Multi-lane
*A “U” has been added to all 9550SX part numbers to denote RoHS 6 of 6 compliance
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