• Industry leading controller I/O performance


• New advanced RAID level for greater fault tolerance and Advanced Data Guarding


• Modular, easy-to-upgrade design lets you optimize performance and increase capacity as needed from two to four channels and with 32, 64, 128, or 256MB battery-backed cache


• Up to 4 channels provides the highest storage capacity per PCI slot in the industry


• A 64-bit, 66MHz PCI interface boost bandwidth up to a 533 MB/sec total transfer rate.


• Complementary solution to the StorageWorks Enclosure 4300 and 4200 family


• Supports Ultra3 and Ultra2 Hard Drive Mix & Match - without performance reductions


• Consistent software and data compatibility with all other Smart Array products for easy data migration and controller upgradeability

The Smart Array 5300 series of high performance Ultra3 array controllers provides improved flexibility and data protection thanks to an innovative modular design and new Advanced Data Guarding - RAID ADG technology. In addition, it again raises the bar to higher performance levels, with several enhancements that include a new memory architecture and new RAID engine.

• Higher performance architecture offers the new hardware RAID engine, and a new performance memory architecture to significantly improve performance over previous controllers.


• Battery-backed cache protects cached data in the event of a power outage, server failure or controller failure, and redundant batteries take that protection even further.


• Online Management Features: Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, Online Stripe Size Migration, Online Spares (Global), User Selectable Read/Write cache, User Selectable Expand and Rebuild Priority.


• Available services include hardware warranty extensions, various software support options, installation and startup support, and business critical support to keep the storage system running on a 24×7 basis.