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Contents Before You Begin ...13 Features ...13 Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family (includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12) ...13 Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12) ...14 Package Contents ...15 Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ...15 Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ...15 CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) ...16 Tools Required ...16 System Requirements ...16 Personal Safety ...17 Protecting Equipment and Data ...17 ESD Precautions ...17 Mechanical Concerns ...18 Introduction ...19 Unmatched reliability and performance ...19 Escalade Serial ATA Controller ...20 RAID increases performance and adds redundancy ...20 Raid 0 arrays maximize performance and capacity ...21 Raid 1 arrays offer fault tolerance ...21 TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays ...22 Raid 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance ...22 Raid 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency ...23 R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance ...24 Configure and manage your disk arrays ...25 Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity ...26 Quick Installation Guide ...29 Step 1. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller ...30 Step 2. Create arrays ...30 iii

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Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family (includes 7000-2,
7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4,
8500-8, 8500-12)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Package Contents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller . . . . . .15
Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller
. . . . . . .15
CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) . . . . .16
Tools Required
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Protecting Equipment and Data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mechanical Concerns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unmatched reliability and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Escalade Serial ATA Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RAID increases performance and adds redundancy . . . . . . . . . 20
Raid 0 arrays maximize performance and capacity
. . . . . . . . . 21
Raid 1 arrays offer fault tolerance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware’s
mirrored disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Raid 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance
. . . 22
Raid 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high
capacity and storage efficiency
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5
write performance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configure and manage your disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance
data integrity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 1. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller
. . . . . . . . . 30
Step 2. Create arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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