SATA & SAS DATA SHEET
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Unified Serial®(SATA/SAS) RAID Controllers Deliver Maximum Performance,
Energy Efficiency and Operating Cost Savings
Adaptec SATA & SAS RAID Family
with Intelligent Power Management & Zero-Maintenance
Cache Protection (5405Z, 5445Z, 5805Z)
Product Highlights
Intelligent Power Management
1.2GHz Dual Core RAID on Chip
(ROC)
– High-performance RAID 5/6
4- and 8-port low-profile MD2
Supports up to 256 SATA or
SAS devices
3 Gb/s throughput at each port
Enclosure management support
via LED header and SES2/
SGPIO
Low Operating Costs
– No installation, monitoring,
maintenance, disposal or
replacement costs due to
batteries
No data loss from power failures
– Replaces lithium ion
batteries
Maintenance-free cached data
protection
– No need to monitor
battery charge level
– No shutdown required for
battery replacement
– Stores protected data for
up to 10 years
Instant RAID cache protection
– Charges in minutes
instead of hours
– RAID performance
optimized immediately
Environmentally conscious
– No toxic battery disposal
– Simplified IATA compliance
Built upon on our industry-leading Series
5 RAID controllers, Series 5Z cards feature
a dual core RAID on Chip (ROC), DDR2
533MHz write cache, and an x8 PCI Express
host bus connection. They support up to
256 SATA/SAS devices and feature Adaptec
Intelligent Power Management for improved
energy-efficiency, plus Zero-Maintenance
Cache Protection (ZMCP - pronounced
“zemcap”)to help data centers save thousands
of dollars in operating costs.
Highest performance
Series 5Z controllers deliver speeds up to five
times faster than competing products – over
250,000 IOPs and 1.2GB/s – making them
ideal for enterprise-class storage systems.
Advanced data protection
Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) delivers
maximum reliability with RAID levels 0, 1,
1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD. ARC also
offers RAID Level Migration (the ability to
easily migrate RAID levels), Online Capacity
Expansion (expand capacity without
powering down the server), and Copyback
Hot Spare (when a failed drive has been
replaced, data is automatically copied from
the hot spare back to the restored drive).
The Case for Cache
The fastest way for a RAID controller to fulfill
a read or write request is to serve data out of
its cache. Savvy network administrators know
that enabling the RAID controller cache
offers significant performance benefits, such
as reduced latency in I/O requests, bandwidth
and queue depths that surpass software
application limits, and on-the-fly parity
calculations on sequential writes.
Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection
RAID controllers typically employ battery
backup units (BBUs) to protect cached data
during power loss, but BBUs require constant
monitoring and preserve data for a maximum
of 72 hours during power loss.
Adaptec Series 5Z controllers introduce
Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection, a
revolutionary advancement that solves BBU
deficiencies by providing full protection to
cached data with no installation, monitoring,
maintenance, disposal, or replacement costs.
Featuring 4GB of NAND flash memory
with super capacitor technology, Series 5Z
controllers instantly save cache contents in
the event of system power loss. The super
capacitor charges instantly while the system is
booting, cache protection is available within
minutes of installation, and stored data is
preserved for up to 10 years. And, since it is
flash-based, systems don’t need to be shut
down for battery replacement.
Adaptec Intelligent Power Management
Intelligent Power Management
(IPM) slashes power and
cooling costs by up to 70% using
intelligent I/O caching combined
with disk drive power savings via
standby and power-off modes.
One-view storage management
The Series 5Z family operates under Adaptec
Storage Manager™, a one-view tool that
centralizes management of all Adaptec RAID
products.
Broad operating system support
The Series 5Z family supports all major
operating systems, including Windows, Linux,
VMware and FreeBSD.
Compatibility, reliability, and support
The Series 5Z family has been extensively
tested with more than 300 third-party
components to deliver the utmost in
compatibility. The cards are backed by a
3-year warranty and Adaptec’s legendary
technical support.
