Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA

The Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA Controller is a flexible 16-port native Serial ATA I/O processor-based RAID controller that combines the high-performance storage connectivity of Serial ATA with Adaptec's advanced RAID features, including Optimized Disk Utilization, Online Capacity Expansion, RAID Level Migration and Adaptec Storage Manager.

Supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, and JBOD, plus disk hot plug and Adaptec advanced RAID features, the Adaptec 21610SA is an ideal cost-effective solution for applications where high levels of sustained read and write performance are required, including video streaming, web content, reference data and fixed content storage.

Supported Operating Systems
	Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare Red Hat Linux SuSE Linux SCO UnixWare Caldera OpenUnix SCO OpenServer FreeBSD VMware ESX Server For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 10938

Benefits
	High capacity 16-port RAID card brings advanced Serial ATA features and data protection to midrange and high-end servers using low-cost SATA drives

Key Differentiators
	Optimized Disk Utilization RAID Level Migration Online capacity expansion Background initialization (for immediate RAID availability) Enclosure Management ready Hot-swap disk drive support for easy replacement Hot-spare disk support with automatic rebuild Supports bootable arrays

Customer Needs
	Ideal for server applications where high levels of sustained read and write operations are required, such as video streaming, web content, video-on-demand, security and surveillance, fixed content, and reference data storage

System Environment
	Midrange and high-end servers

Cache Memory
	64 Mbyte

Key RAID Features
	Optimized Disk Utilization Online RAID Level Migration Online Capacity Expansion Background Initialization SNMP support Enclosure Management Ready

Number of devices
	Up to 16 Serial ATA drives

Bus System Interface Type
	64-bit/66 MHz PCI

Internal Connectors
	Sixteen Serial ATA ports

Data Transfer Rate
	Up to 1.5 Gbits/sec

System Requirements
	Available PCI slot meeting PCI 2.2 specification

Physical dimensions 9.25 x 5 inches Operating temperature 0 to 55 degrees Power requirements 1.6 amps @ +5V