Contents
- » What is the Adaptec Series 1 HBA Family?
- »Where are Adaptec Series 1 HBAs used?
- »What benefits do Adaptec Series 1 HBAs offer?
- »With which devices is the Adaptec Series 1 Family compatible?
- »Why choose a non-RAID adapter?
- »What operating systems are supported?
- »What management utilities are included with the Adaptec Series 1 Family?
The Adaptec Series 1 is a family of non-RAID Unified Serial Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) delivering support for SATA and SAS devices. These low-profile cards offer a x4 PCI-Express bus and SAS interface to provide 3Gb/s performance.
Where are Adaptec Series 1 HBAs used?Series 1 HBAs offer broad support of SATA and SAS devices, and are an economical I/O solution for hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), RBODs, tape drives, tape libraries, tape autoloaders, removable media or removable HDDs.
What benefits do Adaptec Series 1 HBAs offer?With its low price point, Adaptec Series 1 HBAs offer economical I/O connectivity and flexibility by supporting cost-effective, high-capacity SATA drives and high-performance SAS drives, and scalability with support of up to 128 SATA/SAS devices via SAS expanders.
With which devices is the Adaptec Series 1 Family compatible?The Adaptec Series 1 Family has been extensively tested with storage ecosystem equipment from Adaptec's expansive partner list. Compatible equipment includes HDDs, SSDs, enclosures, JBODs, as well as operating systems. The full compatibility list is available at www.adaptec.com/compatibility.
Why choose a non-RAID adapter?A non-RAID adapter is an optimal price/performance solution for tape applications, but Series 1 HBAs are also a solution for HDD and SSD environments. System builders incorporating HDDs and SSDs can benefit by customizing a data protection solution to meet specific customer requirements using their operating system RAID stack or their own internally developed RAID.
What operating systems are supported?The Series 1 Family supports Windows and Linux operating systems. Supported Windows variants are: 2003, XP, Vista, and 2008. Supported Linux distributions are: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
What management utilities are included with the Adaptec Series 1 Family?Series 1 HBAs have a BIOS management utility that can be used to manage attached devices. Users can also manage devices through their operating system.