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The eXtremeRAID 3000 is a PCI to 1Gb Fibre
Channel RAID controller designed for midrange and enterprise servers. The
eXtremeRAID 3000 features two fibre loops capable of data transfers of up to
100MB/s each, and brings the performance and fault tolerance of RAID to high
data availability applications.
eXtreme performance
With a 64-bit PCI interface, the eXtremeRAID
3000 incorporates up to 64MB SDRAM and a 233MHz RISC processor, the fastest
available on a PCI-based RAID controller. Mylex’s proven RAID firmware and
driver technology has been instrumental in more TPC benchmark records being
set with Mylex RAID controllers than with any other brand.
Data availability
The eXtremeRAID 3000 supports RAID levels 0,
1, 0+1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50 and JBOD. It’s a fact that drives will occasionally
fail. That’s why Mylex’s eXtremeRAID 3000 has a multitude of features that
support 24x7 reliability. These include PCI Hot Plug capability and an
optional battery backup system. Features such as hot spare and automatic
rebuild allow the server to continue operating when a drive fails.
eXtremeRAID scales with you
As your RAID system grows, eXtremeRAID 3000
scales with it. With its two fibre loops, the eXtremeRAID 3000 supports up
to 250 drives, allowing you to configure systems of up to 18TB of storage
per controller. Using multiple eXtremeRAID 3000 controllers, you can create
very large storage systems. Mylex Online RAID ExpansionTM (M.O.R.E.) allows
you to AD-d drives to existing arrays, and re-stripe the data across all the
drives.
Manage RAID easily
Easily manage your RAID arrays from anywhere.
Comprehensive storage management capabilities for the eXtremeRAID 3000 come
from Global Array ManagerTM (GAM), Mylex’s industry-leAD-ing suite of
management utilities. These utilities allow you to remotely configure and
monitor RAID subsystems using industry standard protocols. Immediate RAID
Availability (background initialization) allows you to perform other setup
tasks while the drives initialize.
eXtremeRAID 3000 provides eXtreme performance
in enterprise systems or any place where 24x7 RAID depend-ability is a must.
Controller Specifications
| RISC Processor |
StrongARM SA 110 |
| Speed |
233MHz |
| PCI |
2.2 |
| Flash |
1MB |
| Battery Backup |
Yes |
| Drives per Controller |
250 |
| Cache |
32MB or 64MB |
| PCI Bus |
64 bit, 33MHz |
| PCI Hot Plug |
Yes |
Physical Specifications
| PCI Card |
Full length |
| Power Requirements |
+5.0v (+-5%) 5 A (max); 22.5 watts
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| Temperature |
0 to 50º C |
| MTBF |
200,000 Hr. |
| Warranty |
Three years |
Fibre Channel Specifications
 Drive channels:
Dual external 1Gb Fibre (FC-AL) at 100MB/s per channel
Sustained cache
transfers: over 180MB/s
Sustained disk
transfers: over 90MB/s
125 devices per
channel: 250 devices per controller
Storage capacity
up to 18.1TB (72GB drives) per controller
SCSI Specifications
Supports Ultra
SCSI and Ultra2 SCSI devices
Up to 80MB/s burst
data rate per channel
Automatic SCSI bus
termination
Storage capacity
up to 1.08TB (72GB drives)
15 devices per
controller
256 tagged
commands per controller
512 concurrent
host commands
RAID Fault Tolerant and Flexibility
Features
RAID levels 0, 1,
0+1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, JBOD
Transparent disk
drive rebuild
Mylex Online RAID
Expansion (M.O.R.E.)TM
Up to 32
controllers per system (Windows NT)
Logical drive size
2TB; 32 logical drives per controller
Variable stripe
size per controller
Up to eight
non-disk devices per controller
Drive roaming
during power off
SAF-TE enclosure
management
Automatic error
recovery
Write-through or
write-back cache support
Automatic
detection of failed drives
Automatic rebuild
of hot spare drive
Hot drive swapping
support
Support for SMART
capable drives
Controller
parameters stored on disk
RAID configuration
stored on disk
PCI Hot Plug
(Windows 2000, Windows NT and NetWare)
RAID Management
Global Array
Manager (GAM) Client GUI interface Create, manage, expand programs
RAID EzAssist:
BIOS-resident RAID configurator Automated menus for easy configuration
Custom menus for advanced users
System Driver Support
Windows 2000
Professional, Server and advanced Server
Windows NT Server
4.0 and Enterprise Edition, NT Workstation 4.0
NetWare 4.2, 5.1
SCO OpenServer
5.05, 5.0.6
SCO UnixWare 7.1
DOS 6.x and above
Solaris 7 (x86)
Linux 2.2 kernel
distributions
Part Numbers
MXEX3232
MXEX3264
Certifications
FCC Class B, CE, UL, PC99, PC99A, SDG 2.0,
Windows 2000, Windows NT, Novell,
SCO OSR/UnixWare, Solaris 7 (x86) |
