3Ware, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., a provider of storage solutions, added the Escalade 7000 series of products to its family of storage switches. The Escalade 7000 suite includes three new storage switches. Key attributes include: 64-bit ASIC technology design-providing bandwidth to memory, ATA/100 disk drives and a patented DiskSwitch architecture that provides a separate dedicated switch port per drive -- allowing for drive failures without impact to the neighboring drives in the storage array. The Escalade 7000 series of products are for the open-source and Linux communities in addition to supporting Windows 98, ME, NT and 2000 platforms.

The Escalade 7800 is a long eight-port board that is generally available April 30 and the Escalade 7810 is a short, eight-port board and is general available June 30. Both are priced at $545.00. The Escalade 7410 is a short, four-port board and is also generally available June 30 for $395.00.

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