3ware Channel News February 2004 In this Issue: New products for Increased Reliability and Ease of Installation Now Available: FreeBSD 4.8 support for Escalade 8506 and 7506 Series Tech Tip: Maximize Performance in Your Linux Environment Meet 3ware live in the Channel! 3ware In the News New Escalade Multi-lane RAID Controllers The 3ware Escalade® 8506 Series Multi-lane Internal (MI) controllers increase reliability, and simplify installation by significantly reducing the number of required connection cables. Offering up to three terabytes of affordable SATA storage, the new controllers from 3ware, and backplanes from industry leading chassis vendors such as Advanced Industrial Computer - AIC, Chenbro Micom, Ci Design and others, are available today. For more product details visit: http://www.3ware.com/products/serialata_multi_connector.asp Now Available: FreeBSD 4.8 support for Escalade 8506 and 7506 Series 3ware's new Software 7.7.0 release now includes a Beta driver for FreeBSD 4.8.  To learn more about this latest software release, please go to: please register at: http://www.3ware.com/support/release7.7.0_highlights.asp Tech Tip: Maximize Performance in Your Linux Environment After seven years of focusing on storage for Linux environments, 3ware has documented how you can optimize Linux benchmarks to yield maximum performance from your storage solution. To download this white paper, please register at: http://www.3ware.com/linuxbenchmarks.htm Join 3ware at the following events: Intel Developer Forum SATA Working Group Booth February 17-19, 2004 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, CA Intel Solutions Summit March 7-10, 2004 JW Marriott Hotel Las Vegas, NV CeBIT Hall 1; Stand 7g2; B4 March 18-24, 2004 Hannover, Germany 3ware In the News For the latest information on what the press is reporting about 3ware goto http://www.3ware.com/about/articles.asp Contact 3ware Sales and Technical Support 877-883-9273 Corp Headquarters 408-523-1000