3ware 9550SX(U)/9590SE Drive Compatibility List

February 2010 (http://www.3ware.com/products/sys_compatibility.asp)

The drives listed below have been tested on the 9550SX(U)/9590SE series controllers for data integrity, interoperability and compatibility. Any special conditions or problem are noted below. AMCC recommends burning in new disk drives for at least 48 hours before use. http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=13594 Some drives are listed as 'In tested family'. Although not specifically tested, these drives are in the same family as other drives are have been tested. In general if one drive in the family passed compatibility testing, then as long as other drives in the same family have the same firmware or newer then likely they will work okay.

3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) Drive List

Manufacturer Model / Family
Hitachi
Deskstar 7K250 Family

Firmware
V320A63A V330A60A V360A60A KFA0A32A

Capacity (GB)

NCQ
Yes Yes Yes Yes
4

SATA Link Speed

Other Information (drives are 7200RPM unless stated otherwise)

HDS722580VLSA804

HDS722512VLSA80 HDS722516VLSA80 HDS722525VLSA80

80 123.5 160 250 400 400

1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s

8 MB buffer

8 MB buffer

Hitachi

Deskstar 7K400 Family

HDS724040KLSA804 HDS724040KLAT80

Yes Yes4

In tested family
In tested family; PATA drive

Hitachi

Deskstar 7K500 Family

HDS725050KLAT80
HDS725050KLA3601

500
K2AOAB0A 500 160 80 500 400 320 250 500 400 320 250 750 1000 500 750 1000 80 80 120 160 160 200 250 500 250 500 750 1000 400 400 250 250 250 400
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No
Yes Yes

ATA/133
3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s

Hitachi

Deskstar 7K160
HDS721616PLA380 HDS721680PLA380

8 MB buffer 8 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer In tested family In tested family 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family 8 MB buffer 8 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 32 MB buffer 8 MB buffer
1.5 Gb/s (16 MB buffer)

Hitachi

Deskstar T7K500
HDT725050VLA380 HDT725040VLA380 HDT725032VLA380 HDT725025VLA380 HDT725050VLA360 HDT725040VLA360 HDT725032VLA360 HDT725025VLA360

V560A52A
V5C0A52A

Yes Yes

3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s

Hitachi

Deskstar 7K1000
HDS721075KLA330 HDS721010KLA330

GKA0A51D

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Hitachi

Deskstar A7K1000
HUA721050KLA330 HUA721075KLA330 HUA721010KLA330

GK80A70M GK80A70M

Samsung

SpinPoint P Series

Seagate Seagate

HD080HJ SP0812C HD120IJ HD160JJ SP1614C SP2004C SP2504C2 ST3500841NS

Barracuda ES.2 Family

ZH100-33

WU100-33 VM100-32 VT100-50

Seagate

ST3250310NS ST3500320NS ST3750330NS ST31000340NS NL35 Series ST3400832NS ST3400632NS ST3250823NS ST3250623NS ST3250824NS ST3400633NS

SN04 SN03 5.01 5.01 5.01 5.01

16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer In tested family In tested family

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ST3400833NS ST3500641NS Barracuda ES ST3750640NS ST3500630NS ST3400620NS ST3320620NS ST3250820NS ST3250620NS Raptor WD360GD WD740GD WD360ADFD WD740ADFD WD1500ADFD WD1500AHFD WD VelociRaptor WD1500BLFS WD3000BLFS WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS WD3000HLFS WD RE WD3200YS WD2500YD WD1600YD WD2500SD WD3200SD WD1600SD WD1600YS WD3200SB WD2500SB WD1600SB WD2500YS WD RE2-GP WD5000ABPS WD7500AYPS WD1000FYPS WD RE2 WD4000YS WD4000ABYS WD5000ABYS WD7500AYYS WD4000YR6 WD5000YS WD RE3 WD2502ABYS WD3202ABYS WD5002ABYS WD7502ABYS WD1002FBYS WD5001ABYS Caviar SE 16 WD4000KD3,6 WD5000KS 2.AEA 3.AED 400 500 750 500 400 320 250 250 36 74 36 74 150 150 150 300 150 300 250 250 160 250 320 160 160 320 250 160 250 500 750 1000 400 400 500 750 400 500 250 320 500 750 1000 500 400 500 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3 0 Gb/s 3.0 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 3.0 Gb/s In tested family 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family
8 MB buf/7200 RPM

Seagate

3.AEE

In tested family In tested family

8 MB buffer, 10K RPM

Western Digital

35.06K35 27.08D27

In tested family
8 MB buffer, 10K RPM

In tested family In tested family In tested family 2.5", 10K RPM In tested family 3.5", 10K RPM In tested family In tested family In tested family 8 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family In tested family 16 MB buffer In tested family 16 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer 16 MB buffer In tested family In tested family In tested family 16 MB buffer
16 MB buffer, ROHS

Western Digital

04.04V01

Western Digital

04.04V01

Western Digital

08.02D08

Western Digital

02.01B01
02.01B01

Western Digital

30.04G30 01.06A01 07.02E07 02.03B02 02.03B02

Western Digital

Western Digital 58.01D01 01.06A01 07.02E07 Western Digital

In tested family

Listed drive firmware must be used 2 SMART failure might be seen on this drive due to a drive firmware problem. NCQ is currently not recommended for this drive. 3 RAID edition version of these drives are recommened for RAID applications. 4 NCQ must be disabled on these drives. The 9550SX User's Guide details how to disable NCQ. 6 See 3ware KB article 14905 regarding required manufacturing dates. 900-0019-03 Rev H Page 2 of 2 Drive Compatibility List for the Web Site