Description

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 Managerprovides 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.

Primary Information Device Type  RAID Card  Form Factor  low-profile MD2 form factor  Controller Interface Type  Serial ATA; Serial Attached SCSI  Data Transfer Rate  3 Gbps  Cache Buffer Size  512 MB  Features  Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS drives using SAS expanders  Expansion Interfaces & Connections  8 external ports