Adaptec 5085 PCIe SAS RAID Controller
The new generation of Adaptec Unified Serial™ controllers meets your need for maximum performance, scalability, and flexibility for enterprise-class applications, including network attached storage (NAS), online transaction processing (OTLP), web, digital surveillance, and streaming applications.
The Adaptec RAID 5085 is equipped with industry-leading dual core RAID on Chip (ROC), the latest x8 PCI-Express connectivity, and 512MB of DDR2 cache to deliver over 250,000 IO per second and 1.2GB/s.
Eight external ports in this Unified Serial controller allow you to connect up to 256 SATA/SAS disk drives through SAS expanders. The Adaptec RAID 5085 features Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD, as well as Copyback Hot Spare.
Adaptec Storage Manager™provides one-view centralized management of all your Adaptec RAID controllers. The Adaptec RAID 5085 also integrates the latest PCIe connectivity, the broadest operating system support, including open source Linux drivers, a battery backup option, and proven compatibility.
5085 Highlights
- 8 external ports, low-profile MD2 form factor
- 1.2GHz Dual Core RAID on Chip (ROC)
- High-performance RAID 5 and 6
- Up to 512MB DDR2 cache
- Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS drives using SAS expanders
- 3Gbs/ throughput at each drive port
- x8 PCI Express host interface
- Supports multiple RAID LUNs
- Enclosure management support via LED header and SES2/SGPIO
- RoHS compliant
RAID Features
- Supports 8 direct-attached or up to 256 SATA or SAS disk drives using SAS expanders
- RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50 and 60
- Quick initialization
- Supports multiple RAID LUNs
- Online Capacity Expansion
- Copyback Hot Spare
- Dynamic caching algorithm
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- Background initialization
- Hot-plug drive support
- RAID Level Migration
- Hot spares – global, dedicated, and pooled
- Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
- SAF-TE enclosure management
- Configurable stripe size
- S.M.A.R.T. support
- Up to 512TB array sizes
- Multiple arrays per disk drive
- Bad stripe table
- Dynamic sector repair
- Staggered drive spin-up
- Bootable array support
- Optimized Disk Utilization
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0, 5.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0, 10.0
- SCO OpenServer 6.0
- SCO UnixWare 7.1.4
- Sun Solaris 10
- FreeBSD 5.4, 6.1, 6.2
- VMware ESX Server 3.0.1, 3.0.2
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High Quality Multilane SAS cable, SFF-8088 to SFF-8088, 1 meter length.
Now 15 drives in one box using only a single cable connection without extra adapters or wires, for maximum compatibility and flexibility. Use SAS drives for excellent speed or SATA drives for heaps of storage space. Multiple enclosures can be daisy-chained for even more space. Requires expander-compatible SAS controller - see the description page for options.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 12 hot-swappable bays in 2U form factor. Connects to a SAS controller through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 1200MB/sec bandwidth. You can daisy-chain several for up to 128 drives! Dual 80x38mm fans provide excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 460W single power supply and sliding rails built-in.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 12 hot-swappable bays in 2U form factor. Connects to a SAS controller through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 1200MB/sec bandwidth. Daisy-chaining several units for a total of up to 128 drives! Excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 500W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 16 hot-swappable bays in 3U form factor. Connects to a SAS controller is through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 1200MB/sec bandwidth. Daisy-chaining up to eight units for a total of 128 devices! Dual 120x38mm fans provide excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 650W + 350W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 24 hot-swappable bays in 4U form factor. Connection to your SAS/SATA controller is through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 1200MB/sec bandwidth. You can daisy-chain several units for up to 128 drives! Dual 120x38mm fans provide excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 650W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in.
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