The Series 5Z family of high-performance Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) RAID controllers offers both high I/O transaction and high-bandwidth processing for use with cost-effective, high-capacity SATA drives or high-performance SAS drives.

The Adaptec RAID 5405Z utilises industry-leading dual core RAID on Chip (ROC), 512MB DDR2 cache and connectivity with the latest x8 PCI-Express to deliver over 250,000 I/Os and 1.2GB/s. Using SAS expanders, it can connect up to 256 SATA/SAS devices.

The Adaptec RAID 5405Z supports a broad range of operating systems, compatibility with more than 300 third-party devices and full integration with Adaptec Storage Manager™ for centralised management of all Adaptec RAID controllers on the network.

Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection – Save Thousands of Dollars in Data Centre Costs
Adaptec Series 5Z controllers introduce Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection, a
revolutionary advancement that maximises performance and extends power savings by protecting controller cache without battery backup units and without incurring monitoring, maintenance, replacement or disposal costs. During a system power loss, the flash memory-based cache protection can preserve data for up to 10 years.

Intelligent Power Management – Reduce Power by up to 70% 
Adaptec Intelligent Power Management slashes storage power and cooling costs by spinning down idle disks and providing a lower power mode for active disks.