Microsemi ADAPTEC 6805 Kit

Unified 8 port SATA/SAS controller with 512MB DDR2 dedicated buffer, providing maximum performance, scalability and flexibility. Its biggest benefits include support for both high capacity SATA and high speed SAS hard disks. It can be used wherever there is demand for intensive data storage, such as NAS systems, OLTP servers, web servers, and surveillance centres, is high.

With the enhanced SAS 2.0 6Gbit/s interface, and the PCI Express 2.0 interface to which the controller connects internally enables up to 60% more continuous serial data transmission than previous generations of controllers. This low profile version will provide 4 ports with RAID configurations of 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60. Up to 256 SATA or SAS hard disks are supported when using an optional expander.There is support of hybrid RAID 1 and 10, where it is possible to combine SSD and HDD.

The controller is based on the PMC-2 PMC2 2-chip PM8013, which delivers a transfer rate of up to 2GB/s. Peak performance is up to 4.8GB/s via SAS 2.0 and 4GB/s via the PCI Express 2.0 interface (8 lines). The model supports various versions of operating systems, and compatibility with more than 300 third party devices, and full integration with Adaptec Storage Manager for centralised management of RAID controllers through a JAVA based graphical user interface with SNMP and SMTP monitoring support.

The optional Adaptec Flash Module 600 (AFM-600), which uses Zero Maintenance Cache Protection with 4GB of NAND flash memory, which replaces the backup battery packs and aims to eliminate data loss in the event of a power failure. The controller is supplied in a "kit" package containing mSASx4 on 4xSATA branching cables with a length of 0.7m and additional plugs with ventilation openings.

Parameters and Specifications:

Supported Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
VMware ESX Classic 4.x (vsphere)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Sun Solaris 10 x86
FreeBSD
Debian Linux
Ubuntu Linux
Fedora Linux

Format:
MD2 Low-Profile

Cache Memory:
512MB DDR2 (667MHz)

RAID Levels:
0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD

Connection method:
PCI Express 2.0 x8

Internal connector:
2x Mini SAS (SFF-8087)

Data port throughput:
6Gbit/s

Dimensions:
64 x 167mm (H x D)

Average time between failures:
860953 hours (at 40°C)

Supplied accessories:
Additional plug-in
2x branching cable mSASx4 to 4xSATA 0.7 m
User manual
Documentation and software CDs