SERI ES 2
DATA SHEET
Adaptec 3Gb/s SATA & SAS RAID Family
with Intelligent Power Management
2045, 2405, 2805
Entry-level Unified Serial
®
(SATA/SAS) RAID Controllers
Deliver Performance and Energy Efficiency
Product Highlights
3Gb/s throughput at each port
800MHz Dual Core RAID on
Chip (ROC)
– High-performance RAID 0, 1,
1E, 10 and JBOD
– 128MB DDR2 cache
Low-profile MD2 form factor
Supports up to 128 SATA/SAS
devices using SAS expanders
Supports SATA and SAS
tape drives
x8 PCI Express host interface
Enclosure management support
via LED header and SES2/
SGPIO
Intelligent Power Management
– Reduces power and cooling
costs by as much as 70%
Hybrid RAID 1 & 10: SSD +
HDD for Maximum Performance
and Reliability
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Adaptec Series 2 Unified Serial RAID controllers
are designed to support hardware RAID 0, 1, 10
and JBOD while offering direct I/O connectivity
for SATA/SAS tape devices and hard disk drives.
Equipped with an industry-leading dual core
RAID on Chip (ROC), this family offers 128MB
of DDR2 533MHz write cache and supports up
to 128 devices using SAS expanders. They
offer an x8 PCI Express host interface bus
connection in a low-profile MD2 form factor.
Series 2 controllers offers high bandwidth for I/O
applications and at the same time basic hardware
RAID functionality that is fully independent of
the host and operating system and compatible
with other Adaptec RAID controller families.
Hybrid RAID
With Hybrid RAID 1 & 10 the Series 2 controllers
offer maximum performance and reliability
by combining Solid State Drives (SSDs) and
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in a single array.
By performing read operations from the faster
SSD and write operations on both the SSDs and
HDDs the result is tremendous performance
gains over standard HDD RAID arrays. Hybrid
RAID offers the benefits of both technologies
and allows a better cost per GB ratio than
comparable SSD-only RAID arrays.
The Case for Cache
The fastest way for a RAID controller to fulfill
a read or write request is to serve data out of its
cache. Enabling the RAID controller cache offers
significant performance benefits, such as reduced
latency in I/O requests, bandwidth and queue
depths that surpass software application limits,
and on-the-fly parity calculations on sequential
writes.
Intelligent Power Management
The power required by disks is a primary
ongoing storage cost. Full power is maintained
to every disk whether it is actively being used or
not, which also increases cooling costs. Adaptec
Intelligent Power Management slashes power
and cooling costs by spinning down idle disks
and providing a lower power mode for active
disks.
One-view Storage Management
Adaptec Storage Manager™, a one-view tool
centralizes management of all Adaptec RAID
products.
Broad Operating System Support
Extensive operating system support includes
all major software releases, such as Windows,
Linux, FreeBSD, and UNIX variants.
Compatibility, Reliability, and Support
The Series 2 family has been extensively tested
with third-party components to deliver the
utmost in compatibility. The cards are backed
by a 3-year warranty and the company’s
legendary technical support.
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