
4 Features
| MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 | |
| SCSI, with data transfer rates of up to 160 MB/s per SCSI channel. Each SCSI channel supports up | |
| to 15 Wide devices and up to seven | |
Features | MegaRAID features include: | |
| • remote configuration and array management through MegaRAID WebBIOS | |
| • high performance I/O migration path while preserving existing | |
| • SCSI data transfers up to 160 MB/s | |
| • synchronous operation on a wide LVD SCSI bus | |
| • up to 15 LVD SCSI devices on the wide bus | |
| • up to 128 MB of 3.3V SDRAM cache memory in one | |
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| (Cache memory is used for read and |
| • NVRAM storage for RAID configuration data | |
| • | audible alarm |
| • | DMA chaining support |
| • | separate DRAM bus |
| • support for differential or | |
| • up to 12 MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 adapter cards per system | |
| • support for up to 15 SCSI devices per channel | |
| • support for RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, and 50 | |
| • span depth of eight for RAID 1, 3 or 5 arrays | |
| • support for scatter/gather and tagged command queuing | |
| • ability to multithread up to 256 commands simultaneously | |
| • support for multiple rebuilds and consistency checks with transparent | |
| • support for variable stripe sizes for all logical drives | |
| • automatically detection of failed drives | |
| • automatic and transparent rebuild of hot spare drives | |
| • hot swap of new drives without taking the system down | |
| • optional battery backup for up to 72 hours of data retention | |
| • | server clustering support |
| • optional firmware provides | |
| • | server failover |
| • software drivers for major operating systems |
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