Adaptec ASR-6805 2270100-R 6Gb/s 8-port Internal PCIe Gen 2 x8 SAS SATA RAID Controller

8 internal port, low profile, SAS 2.0 and Gen 2 PCI-Express (PCIe) Unified Serial RAID controller with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and Intelligent Power Management delivers exceptional performance, advanced data protection, maximum scalability and the lowest total cost of ownership for enterprise-class, high-density server applications

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows
• Red Hat Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Fedora
• Debian Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• Sun Solaris
• FreeBSD
• VMware ESX

For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 17078 .

Benefits

• Performance Unified Serial RAID controller supports both SATA and SAS devices. Ideal for bandwidth intensive storage applications; NAS, OLTP servers, web servers, and digital surveillance. Offers Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and Intelligent Power Management.

Key Differentiators

• Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection
  
• Intelligent Power Management

Customer Needs

• High I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing.

Form Factor

• MD2 Low-Profile

Cache Memory

• 512MB of DDR2 667MHz cache memory

RAID Levels

• RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 and 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 and 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 – global, dedicated, and pooled
• Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
• SES and 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 Gen2

Internal Connectors

• 2 internal (SFF-8087) Mini SAS

Data Transfer Rate

• 6 Gb/s per port

Package Contents

• Adaptec RAID 6805 Controller
• Additional low profile vented bracket Cables: Two mSASx4-4SATA x1-SB (2272300-R), 0.7m
• *Singles do not contain cable

Warranty

• 3 years

Management Utilities

• Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
  
• Web based GUI Management Utility
• OS Support|Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware
• Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
• Remote firmware updates
• SMI-S Support
• SMTP

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

• RoHS, REACH
  

Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)

• 860,953 hours at 40 degree C.