New Product – Adaptec's Series 5Z Family of RAID Controllers

Introducing Adaptec’s new Series 5Z Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) RAID controllers with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP – pronounced “zemcap”).  

15 June 2009 – Adaptec: RAID controllers typically employ battery backup units (BBUs) to protect cached data, but BBUs require constant monitoring and expensive maintenance, and can only preserve data for a maximum of 72 hours during a power loss.  

Adaptec’s new Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection eliminates BBUs in favor of 4GB of NAND flash memory to protect cached data and eliminate the installation, monitoring, maintenance, disposal, and replacement costs associated with BBUs.  

The Adaptec Series 5Z controllers enable full protection within minutes of installation, instantly saves cached contents in the event of system power loss, and can preserve cached data for up to 10 years without power. And, since ZMCP is flash-based, systems don’t need to be shut down for battery replacement.  

Continuing the legacy of Series 5  
Like our Series 5 controllers, high-performance Adaptec Series 5Z controllers reach speeds up to five times faster than competing products. They support up to 256 SATA/SAS devices and strengthen Adaptec Intelligent Power Management by keeping low levels of I/O activity in the cache instead of spinning up the drives, resulting in big savings in storage power and cooling costs.  

No maintenance. No fuss.  

Features included are:  

• Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP)
• Intelligent Power Management
• 1.2GHz Dual Core RAID on Chip (ROC)
• 512 MB DDR2 Cache memory
• x8 PCIe bus interface
• MD2 low profile form factor
• 5405Z (internal 4-port), 5805Z (internal 8-port), and 5445Z (internal 4-port & external 4-port)
• High-performance RAID 5/6
• 4- and 8-port low-profile MD2
• 3 Gb/s throughput at each port
• Enclosure management support via LED header and SES2/SGPIO
• Low operating costs
• No data loss from power failures
• Instant RAID cache protection
• Environmentally conscious  

First Order Date: Orders are accepted upon receipt of this announcement June 15, 2009.  

First Shipping Date: Product will begin shipping to distribution starting June 29, 2009.