Storage Review meldt dat 3ware de opvolger van de Escalade 6400 IDE RAID controller heeft aangekondigd. 3ware is samen met Adaptec een van de weinige fabrikanten van professionele IDE RAID controllers. De nieuwe Escalade 7000 beschikt over een 33MHz PCI64 interface en ondersteuning voor de RAID levels 0, 1, 5 en 10. Een snelle 64-bit I/O processor en hardwarematige parity-berekening moet garant staan voor goede RAID 5 prestaties. De Escalade 7000 is beschikbaar in twee versies met vier of acht ATA100 kanalen voor maximaal vier of acht harde schijven. Alle drives kunnen parallel benaderd worden middels een 800MB/s switch fabric. OS support is aanwezig in de vorm van drivers voor Windows 98, Windows ME, NT4, Windows 2000, Red Hat en SuSE. De Escalade wordt vanaf kernel 2.2.15 door Linux ondersteund:
The Escalade Storage Switch brings new levels of reliability through patented switched architecture that exceeds SCSI and Fibre loop storage systems. Both SCSI and Fibre loop exhibit a problem commonly known as the "Christmas tree light syndrome" whereby any single drive failure can bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario RAID features fail to make the data available. The Escalade 7000 brings switching to the drive. Because each drive on the array is electrically and mechanically isolated from each other, any drive failure will simply make that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. In addition, 3ware is implementing levels of Advanced Data Protection (ADP) that further protect you from data loss. In ADP Level-1 all drive commands are checked to insure that no command corruption has taken place over the drive interface. 3ware’s 3DM™, a Web-based storage management utility notifies you of drive failures via e-mail and audible alerts, providing a simple interface for managing your storage.
Innovative Design
Escalade's bootable RAID arrays appear to your operating system as a SCSI device and the microprocessor maintains minimal host CPU utilization. Escalade also delivers advanced features like hot swap and hot spare so that the replacement of a failed drive can be accomplished without disrupting the operation of the entire system.
Scalable for Increasing Capacities
3ware's Escalade 7000 Storage Switches are the most scalable ATA storage switches available. Both the 7410 and 7810 are small form factor so that they can be easily embedded into rack-mount server. The 4-port Escalade 7410 is an optimal choice for work-group servers and the 8-port Escalade 7810 is the ultimate storage engine for enterprise level servers.
The Fastest Storage Switch on the Planet
With 3ware's Escalade 7000 series you can now surpass the performance of any SCSI controller available. 3ware's StorSwitch™ architecture is implemented with an 800 MB/sec switch fabric that allows parallel accesses to all drives simultaneously, yielding lower latency and increased data transfer rates for optimal application performance. No other storage solution offers the performance and features that 3ware delivers in the Escalade Storage Switch Series.
Check voor specs dit .PDFje op de 3ware site (thanks Database freak voor de tip).