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      <div class="Chapter-Title"><a name="1338419">Introducing the LSI 3ware </a>SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card</div>
      <div class="Body"><a name="1471335">LSI 3ware RAID controllers deliver full-featured, true hardware RAID to </a>servers and workstations. 3ware RAID controllers offer Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) interfaces. Combined with an advanced RAID management feature-set that includes web-based, command-based, and API (application programming interface) software components, LSI RAID controllers provide compelling RAID solutions.</div>
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