PMC-Sierra Announces Industry’s First 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID Controller Channel Storage Solution with Zero-Maintenance C...
December 13 2010 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS), the premier Internet
infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced the
Adaptec by PMC family of Series 6 RAID controllers designed to
excel in high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing
applications. Based on PMC-Sierra’s market-leading, multi-core SRC
8x6G RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controller, the Adaptec Series 6 family is
the industry’s first 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID controller channel
solution with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection which reduces
operating costs and minimizes environmental impact.
“Since the acquisition of the Adaptec channel storage business
in June, we have been focused on leveraging PMC-Sierra’s SRC RoC
technology to bring a 6Gb/s SAS controller to the channel,” said
Jared Peters, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra’s
Channel Storage Division. “We’re launching our Series 6 solutions
just as the market and ecosystem for 6Gb/s channel storage products
has begun to emerge. With our industry-proven SRC RoC as the core,
our feature-rich Series 6 family of storage controllers goes beyond
RAID with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and intelligent power
management for maximum reliability, lower power consumption and
reduced costs.”
With support for up to 256 SATA/SAS devices using SAS expanders
and an eight lane PCIe Gen 2 host interface bus connection, the
Series 6 delivers high performance, scalability and flexibility.
While the Series 5 family provides robustness and compatibility
with today’s market standard of 3Gb/s performance, the enhanced
bandwidth of the Series 6 with SAS 2.0 interfaces and the PCIe Gen
2 host connection offers a 60 percent higher sustained sequential
throughput than previous generations of Adaptec controllers.
The Series 6 delivers up to 2GB/s sustained data transfer rate
to a host of applications that require high sequential bandwidth.
At peak performance, this solution offers 4.8GB/s through the SAS
2.0 interfaces and 4GB/s through the PCIe Gen 2 host interface
delivering enough bandwidth for high streaming applications, such
as editing and broadcasting uncompressed 3D video streams. Using
this solution, a 14TB array used as a virtual tape library can be
filled in less than two hours compared to previous generation
interfaces that take more than three hours.
“Today’s storage infrastructures require technologies that
provide the highest levels of performance with robust
functionality, efficient power and cooling and environmental
characteristics,” said Roger Cox, Research Vice President, Data
Center Systems, Gartner. “Storage products with these capabilities
help system integrators and others to further differentiate their
storage solution offerings.”
With the significant adoption of Zero-Maintenance Cache
Protection, the need to replace Lithium Ion batteries is eliminated
and as a result reduces the hazardous waste disposal previously
required in cache-critical computing applications. This product
family also features advanced intelligent power management, which
reduces storage power and cooling costs by up to 70 percent.
Series 6 RAID controllers feature:
- Superior bandwidth with 6Gb/s SAS 2.0
interfaces and PCIe Gen 2 host connection
- Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection
(option)
- Hardware RAID levels
0,1,1E,5,5EE,6,10,50,60
- Hybrid RAID 1,10 support for arrays of
Solid State Drives (SSD) and Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for maximum
performance
- Intelligent power management
- Centralized storage management with
Adaptec Storage Manager™
- Broad range of operating systems
supported
Availability and Pricing
Series 6 RAID controllers are sampling now to select customers.
Available in singles and kits, the suggested retail pricing for the
Adaptec RAID 6405, Adaptec RAID 6445 and Adaptec RAID 6805 ranges
from $395 to $630. For more information on Adaptec by PMC storage
products, visit www.adaptec.com.
About Adaptec by PMC
Adaptec by PMC storage products protect, accelerate, optimize
and condition data. Our software and hardware-based solutions are
delivered through leading channel partners to provide storage
connectivity, data protection, and networked storage to
enterprises, government organizations, medium and small businesses
worldwide. For more information, visit www.adaptec.com.
About PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra®, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor
solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support
worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe,
Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for
Enterprise and Channel Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure,
Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/Enterprise market segments.
The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the
PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.
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