Series 6 family of SAS/SATA adapters offer superior bandwidth & full cache protection without battery installation, monitoring, or replacement costs
Key Features
6 Gb/s throughput at each port
PMC-Sierra PM8013 Dual Core RAID on Chip (ROC)
SAS 2.0 interfaces & PCIe Gen 2 Host Connection
Low Profile, MD2 Form Factor
Supports up to 256 SAS/SATA drives
Adaptec RAID 6805
8 internal port, low profile, SAS 2.0 & Gen 2 PCI-Express (PCIe) Unified Serial RAID controller with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection & Intelligent Power Management delivers exceptional performance, advanced data protection, maximum scalability & the lowest total cost of ownership for enterprise-class, high-density server applications
The Series 6 & 6T high-performance Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID adapters offer maximum performance, scalability & reliability. With the enhanced bandwidth of its 6 Gb/s SAS 2.0 interfaces & the PCIe Gen 2 host connection they offer up to 60% higher sustained sequential throughput than previous generation adapters.
Based on PMC-Sierra's market-leading, multi-core SRC 8x 6G RAID-on-Chip (Ro C) the Adaptec Series 6 & Series 6T can deliver up to 2 GB/s sustained data transfer rate to the host. Peak performance is up to 4.8GB/s through the SAS 2.0 interfaces & 4.0GB/s through the PCIe Gen 2 host interface. Using SAS expanders, it can connect up to 256 SAS/SATA.
The Adaptec Series 6 & Series 6T support a broad range of operating systems, compatibility with more than 300 third-party devices, & full integration with Adaptec Storage Manager™ for centralized management of all Adaptec RAID adapters on the network.
Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection Kit Option Â- Maximum protection & Savings
Adaptec Series 6 is the industry's first adapter which offers Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP) that eliminates Battery Backup Units (BBUs) in favor of 4GB of NAND flash memory to protect cached data & eliminate the installation, monitoring, maintenance, disposal & replacement costs associated with BBUs. Available as a separate Kit: Adaptec Flash Module 600 (AFM-600).
Hybrid RAID
With Hybrid RAID 1 & 10 Series 6 & 6T adapters offer maximum performance & reliability by combining Solid State Drives (SSDs) & Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in a single array. Performing read operations from the faster SSD & write operations on both the SSDs & HDD results in tremendous performance gains over standard HDD RAID arrays. Hybrid RAID offers the benefits of both technologies & allows a better cost-per-operation.
Specifications
Operating System
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Debian Linux
Ubuntu Linux
Sun Solaris
Free BSD
VMware ESX
Benefits
Performance Unified Serial RAID controller supports both SATA & SAS devices. Ideal for bandwidth intensive storage applications; NAS, OLTP servers, web servers, & digital surveillance. Offers Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection & Intelligent Power Management.
Key Differentiators
Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection Intelligent Power Management Customer Needs High I/O transaction & high bandwidth processing.
Form Factor
- MD2 Low-Profile
Cache Memory
- 512MB of DDR2 667 M Hz cache memory
RAID Levels
- RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 & JBOD
Key RAID Features
Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS devices using SAS expanders
RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 & JBOD
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 Â- global, dedicated, & pooled
Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
SES & 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
Optimized Disk Utilization
Bus System Interface Type
- 8-lane PCIe Gen 2
Internal Connectors
- 2 internal (SFF-8087) Mini SAS
Data Transfer Rate
- 6 Gb/s per port
Management Utilities
Adaptec Storage Manager™ (ASM)
Java-based GUI Management Utility
Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
ASM OS Support: Windows, Linux, SCO, Solaris
Free BSD
Microsoft VDS Support
SNMP, SMTP
Remote firmware updates
ARCCONF
Command Line Interface
SMI-S support for VMware
Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (ACU)
BIOS level configuration utility
Flashable BIOS support
Physical Size
- 2.5" H x 6.6" L (64mm x 167mm)
Operating Temperature
0°C to 55°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; without flash module)
0°C to 50°C* (with 200LFM airflow; with flash module)
Note: This Adaptec card contains a powerful RAID processor which requires adequate airflow to operate reliably. Please install this card only into server or PC chassis with recommended airflow (200 LFM).
* Ambient temperature measured 1" away from the RAID processor
Operating Voltage
0.17 amp @ 3.3V
1.25 amp @ 12V measured on PCIe Gen 2 systems with 6G drives
Regulatory Certification
- CE, FCC, UL, C-tick, VCCI, KCC
Environmental Compliance
- Ro HS, REACH
Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)
- 860, 953 hours at 40 degree C.
Package Contents
Adaptec RAID 6805 Controller
Additional low profile vented bracket
Quick Installation Guide (English/ French/ German/ Italian/ Spanish/ Japanese)
Adaptec RAID Installation DVD (bootable, incl. documentation, drivers & software)
Cables: Two m SASx 4-4SATA x 1-SB (2272300-R), 0.7m
* Singles do not contain cable