Other features
Ports quantity |
4 |
Slot type |
PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz (3.3V) |
Mac compatibility |
N |
Form factor |
Half-size PCI |
Platform |
PC |
Data transfer rate |
3000 Mbit/s |
Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 2420SA: 4-ports, half-size PCI-X to Serial ATA II RAID controller
Serial ATA II (SATA II), the successor to SATA technology for data storage, is a point-to-point connection that delivers full throughput to each storage device by allowing multiple ports to be managed by a single controller. Adaptec SATA II technology delivers data transfer rates with 3 Gb/s while also supporting 1.5 Gb/s (SATA I).
The Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 2420SA card is a four-port controller that supports SATA or SATA II direct attached disk drives. It features the Adaptec AIC-8210 SATA RAID-on-Chip (ROC) ASIC and Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) with standard RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 as well as an optional Advanced Data Protection Suite. With the industry's most advanced feature set, the Adaptec 2420SA provides the highest level of data protection.
The Adaptec Advance Data Protection Suite includes advanced RAID levels and features:
- Hot Space (RAID 5EE)
- Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)
- Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)
- Snapshot Backup
- Copyback Hot Spare
Highlights
- Four ports support up to four Serial ATA and Serial ATA II drives
- PCI-X 64-bit//133 MHz host interface (3.3 volts only)
- Standard Features: RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, hot swap, hot spares, Online Capacity Expansion, RAID Level Migration, Optimized Disk Utilization
- Optional Features: Striped Mirror (RAID 1E), Hot Space (RAID 5EE), Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6), Snapshot Backup, Copyback Hot Spare
- RoHS compliant
- Half-size PCI form factor
- Optional battery backup module