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<div class="Body"><a name="1493402">Version 10.2 of the 3ware RAID Software and Firmware provides the </a>following features and benefits to the 3ware 9750 model RAID controllers. </div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1554727">Support for 6 Gbps SATA+SAS RAID On-a-Chip devices available on </a>the 3ware 9750 RAID controllers, with continued support for the 3ware RAID software feature-set. </div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1502312">Read cache settings let you enable either Basic Read Caching or </a>Intelligent Read Caching to improve performance. </div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1495670">Background task mode provides low latency settings to improve </a>performance in video and audio applications.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1495671">Enclosure alarm support allows you to turn off or mute audible alarms in </a>supported enclosures that provide alarms.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1493404">Advanced Content Streaming, a performance feature, provides increased </a>speeds for streamed data, such as video playback and editing, through improved algorithms.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471410">Rapid RAID Recovery increases the speed with which a degraded unit </a>can be rebuilt. It can also increase the speed of verification or initialization that may occur in the event of an unclean shutdown.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471411">Improved and simplified auto-verification and scheduling to help ensure </a>that your RAID units are verified on a regular basis.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471412">Drive performance monitoring provides statistics to help trouble-shoot </a>performance issues.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471415">Simultaneous RAID 6 parity generation to maximize RAID 6 </a>performance.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471416">StreamFusion™+ optimizes RAID 5 and RAID 6 disk accesses to </a>maximize application performance under heavy loads.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1471417">StorSave™ BBU with write journaling optimizes data protection and </a>performance. </div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1502420">With the 9750 models: </a></div>
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<div class="Bullet2_inner"><a name="1471424">Ability to have SAS and/or SATA drives on the same controller (see </a><a href="3ware_Intro.2.4.html#1451966">Drive Requirements</a>)</div>
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<div class="Bullet2_inner"><a name="1510598">Connectivity with up to 127 single-ported drives or 62 dual-ported </a>drives when using cascaded chassis that use expanders of the same type. (see <a href="3ware_Intro.2.4.html#1424031">Enclosure Management Requirements</a>)</div>
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