SERIES 7 RAID
DATA SHEET
2nd Generation 6Gb/s solutions with game changing performance
Adaptec PCIe Gen3 Product Family
High Port Count SAS/SATA RAID Adapters
(72405, 71685, 71605, 7805, 71605E)
The Adaptec Series 7 RAID adapter family features
PMC’s 24 port PM8015 RAID-on-Chip (ROC),
which combines a x8 PCIe Gen3 interface with
6Gb/s SAS ports to enable a new generation of high-
performance RAID adapters that are unmatched
by any other ROC in the industry.
Adaptec Series 7
RAID adapters are available with 8, 16 or 24 native
SAS/SATA ports.
While the PCIe Gen3 interface doubles bandwidth
to the host compared to PCIe Gen2, it requires
at least 16 6Gb/s SAS/SATA ports to double the
bandwidth to the storage devices. Competing 6Gb/s
solutions have only 8 ports, and cannot leverage
that advantage.
New Levels of Performance
Series 7 adapters perform at up to 6.6 GB/s on
sequential reads and up to 2.6 GB/s on sequential
writes on parity RAID 5, more than doubling
the performance of competing host-based RAID
adapters.
With 16 direct-connected solid-state drives (SSDs),
Series 7 adapters can deliver up to 450,000 IOPS –
nearly 10x the performance of previous-generation
RAID adapters.
Advanced Data Protection
Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) delivers maximum
reliability with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50
and 60 (71605E supports RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10).
ARC also offers RAID Level Migration (the ability
to easily migrate RAID levels), Online Capacity
Expansion (expand capacity without powering
down the server), and Copyback Hot Spare
(when a failed drive has been replaced, data is
automatically copied from the hot spare back to
the restored drive).
New to Series 7 is its auto configuration capability.
Users can operate in HBA mode (expose drives
to the host directly) or Simple Volume mode
(use fast DRAM cache to reduce latency and improve
performance), without the need to use setup tools.
In RAID mode, they can mix and match all devices
and handle them at the same time.
Connectivity
Series 7 adapters support all types of devices
including drives, tapes, autoloaders, external RAID
systems. They support migration of disk drives
from standard Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) as well
as onboard SATA or SAS interfaces from the
motherboard.
Introducing mini SAS HD Connectors
These connectors allow for greater flexibility in
configuration options by supporting up to 16 native
SAS/SATA ports in a Low-Profile MD2 form factor
and up to 24 SAS/SATA ports in a full-height
half-length form factor. The new connectors can be
combined with a wide range of Adaptec SAS HD
cables, including straight connectors or Adaptec’s
first to market right angle connectors.
Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP)
Series 7 adapters can be combined with our third-
generation AFM-700 flash-based cache protection
module (sold separately) to enable instant battery-
free protection of the data within the cache.
Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
Adaptec maxView 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.
Hybrid RAID
With Hybrid RAID 1 & 10 the Series 7 adapters
offer maximum performance and reliability by
combining SSDs and HDDs in a single mirroring
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.
Broad Operating System Support
Series 7 adapters support all major operating
systems, including Windows, Linux, VMware
and FreeBSD.
Compatibility, Reliability, and Support
Series 7 adapters have been extensively tested with
third-party components to deliver the utmost in
compatibility. They are backed by a three year
warranty and the company’s technical support.
Product Highlights
6Gb/s throughput at each port
LP MD2 for up to 16 native SAS/
SATA ports
(7805, 71605, 71605E)
Half length FH for up to 24 native
SAS/SATA ports
(72405, 71685)
Direct connect to backplanes
(No expander needed)
Maximum performance for up
to 24 SSDs
(No expander needed)
New mini SAS HD connectors and
SAS HD cables — for fit and function
in dense server configurations
PMC PM8015 ROC
Support for up to 256 SAS
and SATA devices
Support for SSD, HDD, Autoloader,
RBOD, Tape
Auto configuration of HBA and Simple
Volume modes — “set it and forget it”
Adaptec Flash Module (AFM-700)
for Zero Maintenance Cache
Protection with 2GB NAND flash
(72405, 71685, 71605, 7805)
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16 x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA ports
g
9600MB/s
8 lane PCIe Gen3
g
8000 MB/s
Full PCIe Gen3
Bandwidth Capability!
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