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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 Adaptec Series 8 12Gb/s RAID Adapter product family directly addresses the connectivity, performance, and data protection needs, unmatched by anything in the industry.
The Adaptec Series 8 RAID adapter family features PMC's 12Gb/s RAID-on-Chip (ROC), which combines a x8 PCIe Gen3 interface with 12Gb/s SAS ports to enable a new generation of high- performance RAID adapters for the 12Gb/s storage ecosystem. Adaptec Series 8 RAID adapters are available with 4, 8, or 16 native SAS/SATA ports in an LP/MD2 form factor. The mini SAS HD connectors combined with SAS HD cables allow for greater flexibility in configuration options by supporting up to 16 native SAS/SATA ports in a Low-Profile MD2 form factor.
Pros: * Super easy upgrade from an Adaptec 6405 to this. Just plug the card in, attach the internal cable (once you have it), attach the cables to your drives in whatever order, the card determines what the correct order is automatically and asks you to confirm. * Twice the cache of the 6405
Cons: * Doesn't include the cable that's needed. You local electronics store most likely doesn't have the cable for sale (mine didn't) so you'll probably want to grab it from Newegg while you're here. * There seems to be some kind of bug with the card, or maybe it's my system, but when I do a soft reset or soft reboot, the card doesn't re-detect the drives. Never had that problem with the 6405.
Overall Review: The internal connector is SFF-8643 and my drives are SFF-8482, so the cable I opted for is "ADAPTEC 2280100-R 0.8M INT MINI 4SAS HD SFF-8643 TO 4XSAS SFF-8482 FAN-OUT CABLE". Adaptec has a cable chart on their site somewhere.