3ware Sidecar

The 3ware Sidecar featuring true hardware RAID is the only external storage choice when capacity, performance, data protection, and ease of use are the goals

AMCC's 3ware Sidecar expands the storage capacity of PC's, the Apple Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 (PCI Express version only). It includes a high performance 4-port PCI Express to SATA II hardware RAID controller, a 4-bay desktop enclosure, and a Multi-lane high bandwidth SATA cable.

3ware Sidecar Features

True hardware RAID
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD
Exclusive StorSwitch™ high performance architecture
Up to 4TB capacity*
128MB DDR2 533 memory with ECC protection
Complete configuration management suite
3DM® Scout (Mac only)
3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2)
Command Line Interface (CLI)
BBU Support
Hot-swap and hot-spare support for easy maintenance
Dynamic sector repair for robust data protection
S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring for reliability
Front panel LED status indicators
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration
Drive insertion and removal notification
RoHS compliant (lead free)

* Using easily sourced 1TB SATA drives (not included)

Technical Specs

Operating System Support

Apple Mac OS X (10.4.6 or higher), Mac Pro OS X (version 10.4.8 or higher), Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD; 32/64-bit driver support for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD
For complete OS listing go to: www.3ware.com/support/OS-support

3ware Sidecar Minimum System Requirements