Escalade® 7506 Series Hardware UltraDMA raid controler:
Fulfilling Customer Requirements with Performance and Scalability
The Escalade® 7506 series delivers advanced storage technology and industry leading performance in cost-effective ATA solutions. The 2, 4, 8 and 12 port Escalade 7506 controllers boast a PCI 66MHz custom ASIC that combines an integrated RISC processor, PCI bridge and XOR RAID engine.
Escalade 7506 Series
Supporting up to 3.6TB of storage per controller (dependent on drive capacity, 2TB per array maximum.) , 3ware offers the only 12 and 8 port ATA RAID controllers available on the market today. These controllers fit the bill with applications where high levels of sustained read and writes are required, such as enterprise storage, NAS/SAN, web servers, near-line backup and archival, and streaming video.
High-density servers, departmental file and email servers and video editing workstations will all benefit from the performance and reliability of the Escalade 7506-4LP, a 4-port low-profile ATA RAID controller.
Model 7006-2 7506-4LP 7506-8 7506-12
Drive Support Up to 2 ATA 133/100 Drives Up to 4 ATA 133/100 Drives Up to 8 ATA 133/100 Drives Up to 12 ATA 133/100 Drives
Form Factor PCI MD2 Low Profile PCI MD2 Low Profile PCI Half-Length Card PCI Full-Length Card
RAID Levels 0,1,JBOD 0,1,10,5,JBOD 0,1,10,5,JBOD 0,1,10,5,JBOD
Target Use Workstations
Entry-Level Servers		 Departmental Servers
Email Servers		 Workgroup Servers Video Servers Backup Servers Web Servers Enterprise Servers
External Storage
Near-line Storage
Typical Applications Video Editing Gaming Workgroup Storage
Email		 Enterprise Storage Video Streaming Web Content Video-on-demand
Security and Surveillance		 Near-line Backup NAS/SAN Storage
Fixed Content Storage
Escalade® 7506 Series
  • Supports up to 12 drives with a single PCI card enabling up to 3. 6 terabytes of storage (dependent on drive capacity, 2TB per array maximum)
  • Ultra ATA / 133 interface
  • StorSwitch point-to-point non-blocking architecture
  • PCI 2.2 compliant 64-bit / 66MHz bus master (2-port controllers are
    32-bit / 66MHz PCI compliant)
  • RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 and JBOD support (2-port controllers support RAID 0,1 and JBOD)
  • Highest performance ATA RAID Controller
  • On-board processor to provide true hardware-based RAID
  • Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance
  • BIOS set up utility and 3ware Disk Manager (3DM®) web-based management software
  • Hot-swap and hot-spare capability (hot-spare not available on 2-port controllers)
  • Windows® and Linux® operating systems support