Microchip Adaptec 8805 / Storage controller (RAID) / 8 Channel / SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 12Gb/s low profile / 12 Gbit/s / RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 1E, 60 / PCIe 3.0 x8 | 2277500-R

Description

Data center, IT, and general consumer server environments have a broad range of requirements - from basic connectivity to extreme data storage capacities. The effectiveness at which their data is accessed and protected is crucial to their ultimate success. The Microchip Adaptec series 8 12 Gb/s RAID Adapter product family directly addresses the connectivity, performance, and data protection needs, unmatched by anything in the industry.

Microchip Adaptec 8805 / Storage controller (RAID) | 2277500-R

Special Features

• Ideal for 12 Gb/s performance-hungry server and workstations platforms, without compromising proven Adaptec reliability
• High I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing; solutions that reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs
• Flexible configuration: HBA mode and auto volume mode for automatic deployment
• Optimized disk utilization (multiple arrays per disk)
• Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
• Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
• Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512 byte sector devices
• Hybrid RAID 1 and 10
• Quick initialization
• Online capacity expansion
• Copyback hot spare
• Dynamic caching algorithm
• Native command queuing (NCQ)
• Background initialization
• Hot-plug drive support
• RAID level migration
• Hot spares - global, dedicated, and pooled
• Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
• SES and SAF-TE enclosure management
• Configurable stripe size
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Multiple arrays per disk drive
• Dynamic sector repair
• Staggered drive spin-up
• Bootable array support
• Support for tape devices, autoloaders
• MSI-X support for all device driver for all supported operating systems
• Secure boot support for the uEFI host bios

Product features

• Advanced data protection
  Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) delivers maximum reliability with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. ARC also offers RAID level migration, online capacity expansion, and Copyback hot spare. Additionally, the auto configuration capability allows users to operate in HBA mode or simple volume mode, without the need to use setup tools. In RAID mode, they can mix and match all devices and handle them at the same time.
• Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP)
  Series 8 adapters can be combined with the third-generation AFM-700 flash-based cache protection module to enable instant battery-free cache protection.
• Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
  Adaptec maxView Storage Manager provides the powerful features of Adaptec Storage Manager in an HTML5 web interface that can be viewed in standard desktop or mobile browsers without the need for separate software installation.