LSI Serial ATA II RAID Controller 4 Port 9650SE-4LPML/KIT Leaflet

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. 

• Simultaneous P+Q parity generation

to maximize RAID 6 performance

• Over 700MB/s RAID 6 reads and over

600MB/s RAID 6 writes

• StorSwitch

™

8th generation non-

blocking switch fabric for maximum 
controller throughput

• StreamFusion optimizes I/O accesses 

to maximize application performance
under multiple stream loads

• StorSave BBU with write journaling

optimizes data protection and 
performance

• Award winning Multi-lane combines

four SATA ports into a single locked
connection for improved I/O 
subsystem reliability and airflow

• Supports advanced SATA II features

including 3Gb/s and NCQ

• 2, 4, 8-port low profile configurations

• 12, 16, and 24-port full height 

configurations

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,

Single Disk, and JBOD 

A P P L I C A T I O N S   F O R   3 W A R E   C O N T R O L L E R S

Servers

Security/

Surveillance

Video

Editing

Super

Computing

NAS

Video

On-Demand

Pro

Audio

The 3ware 9650SE PCI Express to SATA II RAID 
controller pushes AMCC’s established leadership
in RAID controller performance to new heights.
While 3ware controllers continue to lead the 
market in RAID 5 performance, the 3ware 9650SE
outshines the competition as the new standard
bearer for RAID 6 performance, delivering over
700MB/s RAID 6 reads and 600MB/s RAID 6 writes.

The 3ware 9650SE offers the most comprehensive
line of PCI Express controllers, available in both
low profile and full height footprints with 2, 4, 8,
12, 16, and 24-port configurations. All 4-port and
above models feature 3ware’s award-winning
Multi-lane connectivity. The 9650SE supports 
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, and JBOD.

RAID 6 eliminates the risk of data loss if a second
hard disk drive fails while the RAID array is rebuild-
ing. In a 3ware RAID 6 system, two sets of parity
are simultaneously calculated, written, and 
rotated across all the drives.  This second parity
calculation enables the array to survive up to two
drive failures without losing data, significantly
improving fault tolerance.  The 3ware parallel XOR
RAID 6 parity generation algorithm maximizes
RAID 6 throughput, so that RAID 6 enabled
9650SE controllers deliver unequaled RAID 6 
performance.  

AMCC’s award winning Multi-lane high band-
width SATA connection system is fast, secure, 
simple, and clutter free. Multi-lane combines 
four SATA ports into a single locked connection.
Four lanes of high speed SATA traffic travel
through just one cable, significantly reducing the
number of cables needed to connect controllers,
backplanes, and standard SATA drives. A 16-port
Multi-lane controller needs only four cables, 
compared to sixteen cables with discrete solu-
tions, for dramatically better reliability, airflow and
convenience.

The 9650SE’s advanced RAID features, SATA II 
connectivity, and powerful 3ware performance
architecture make it the ideal controller for 
vertical applications that require the highest 
levels of sustained write and read performance
including NAS storage, web servers, cluster
servers, supercomputing, near-line backup and
archival, security systems, pro audio and video 
applications, and other demanding storage 
applications that need high-bandwidth, high-
capacity sequential performance.

3ware

®

9650SE

High-Performance PCI Express to Serial ATA II 
RAID Controller

Disk-to-Disk

Backup

RAID 6:  Two sets of parity data, P + Q, are striped
across disks. RAID 6 safeguards against data loss 
during rebuild mode by allowing up to two consecu-
tive drive failures for maximum fault tolerance.