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             3ware 9650SE Selection Guide  
            
              
                
                  | Model | 
                  9650SE-2LP | 
                  9650SE-4LPML | 
                  9650SE-8LPML | 
                 
                
                  | Form Factor  | 
                  Low Profile  | 
                  Low Profile  | 
                  Low Profile  | 
                 
                
                  | Port Count | 
                  2 | 
                  4 | 
                  8 | 
                 
                
                  | PCI Express Lanes  | 
                  1 | 
                  4 | 
                  4  | 
                 
                
                  | Raid Levels  | 
                  0,1, Single Disk,JBOD  | 
                  0,1,5,10,Single Disk,JBOD | 
                  0,1,5,6,10,50,Single Disk,JBOD | 
                 
                
                  | Onboard Memory | 
                  128 MB DDR2 533  | 
                  256 MB DDR2 533  | 
                  256 MB DDR2 533  | 
                 
                
                  | Connector Type | 
                  Discrete | 
                  Multi-lane | 
                  Multi-lane | 
                 
                
                  | BBU Support  | 
                  No | 
                  Yes | 
                  Yes | 
                 
              
              
            
              
                
                  | Model | 
                  9650SE-12ML | 
                  9650SE-16ML | 
                  9650SE-24M8 | 
                 
                
                  | Form Factor  | 
                  Full Height  | 
                  Full Height  | 
                  Full Height  | 
                 
                
                  | Port Count | 
                  12 | 
                  16 | 
                  24 | 
                 
                
                  | PCI Express Lanes  | 
                  8 | 
                  8 | 
                  8 | 
                 
                
                  | Raid Levels  | 
                  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 | 
                  256 MB DDR2 533  | 
                  256 MB DDR2 533  | 
                  512 MB DDR2 533  | 
                 
                
                  | Connector Type | 
                  Multi-lane | 
                  Multi-lane | 
                  Multi-lane | 
                 
                
                  | BBU Support  | 
                  Yes | 
                  Yes | 
                  Yes | 
                 
              
             
            
              
                
                  | * All models are RoHS Compliant  | 
                 
                
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                      3ware 9650SE Features  
                    
                      - 8th-generation StorSwitch non-blocking switched architecture. 
 
                      - On-board I/O RISC processor and RAID offload 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. 
 
                      - Up to 512MB DDR2 533 memory with ECC protection. (see table below) 
 
                      - 32 pooled DMA channels. 
 
                      - Complete configuration management suite. 
 - 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM2) easy to use BIOS configuration tool.  - 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM2) browser-based management tool.  - Command Line Interface (CLI) scriptable configuration tool.  
                      - SNMP support. 
 
                      - SMTP support for email/pager notification. 
 
                      - ATA/6 and Out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support. 
 
                      - Auto carving allows LUNs > 2TB to be divided into multiple units for legacy operating systems limited to 2TB max. per LUN. 
 
                      - Battery Backup Unit (BBU) support. 
 
                      - 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. 
 
                      - Enhanced data protection with write journaling for non-redundant arrays and accidental drive removal. 
 
                      - Drive insertion and removal notification. 
 
                      - Array/Drive Status and drive identification LED support. (requires 3ware Chassis Control Unit-enabled backplane) 
 
                      - Chassis Control Unit for enclosure management via I2C. 
 
                     
                    Operating System Support 
                    Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD; 32/64-bit driver support for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD For complete OS listing, Go to: www.3ware.com/support/OS-Support.asp 
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