AMCC 9550SX 2 User Manual
AMCC Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA
T a b l e o f C o n T e n T s
About 3ware RAID Controllers
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3ware 9650SE
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3ware 9550SX
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3ware Sidecar
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xSATA vs. eSATA, Firewire and USB
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Multi-lane Cables and Connectors
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3ware Controller/Cable Matrix
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3ware Features and Benefits
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Putting the Pieces Together
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Common RAID Levels
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Hardware vs Software RAID
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Red Hot RAID 6
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3ware RAID Controller Part Number Matrix
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Worldwide 3ware Distributors
and Sales Offices
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Source: Gartner Dataquest Host Bus RAID Controllers Report (September 2006)
3ware Distributors
N o r t h A m e r i c a
Bell Micro (US and Canada)
www.bellmicro.com
Synnex (US and Canada)
www.synnex.com
D&H (US)
www.dandh.com
L a t i n A m e r i c a
Bell Micro
www.bellmicro.com/latinamerica
E u r o p e , M i d d l e E a s t a n d A f r i c a
Asbis
www.asbis.com
Avnet
www.avnet.com
Bell Micro
www.bellmicro.eu.com
Hammer
www.hammerplc.com
CTT
www.ctt.de
TMC
www.tmc-uk.com
A s i a P a c i f i c
APT (China)
www.apt-storage.com
ASK (Japan)
www.ask-corp.co.jp
Digicor (Australia)
www.digicor.com.au
Epecom Graphics (Singapore)
www.epecomgraphics.com.sg
Synnex K.K. (Japan)
www.synnex.co.jp
THC (China)
www.thcsy.com
Upmost Technology Corp.
(Taiwan)
www.upmost.com.tw
Worldwide 3ware Distributors
and sales offices
3ware Sales Offices
Company Headquarters (USA)
215 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Tel:
Tel:
+1-408-542-8771
+1-877-883-9273
Email: 3waresales
@
amcc.com
Europe
+44-161-232-6360
Asia/Pacific
+65-6826-3381
Japan
+0800-123-9273
China
+86-10-6581-4916
www.3ware.com
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Industry leading 3ware® serial aTa RaID controllers for
performance, capacity and peace of mind
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leading
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supplier of saTa II hardware RaID controllers
and solutions to premier channel partners
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over 2.5 million saTa ports shipped
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