Meet the Twins.

Meet the Twins.

Neil Cameron

Adaptec by PMC "Q" card has been in existence for several years, and there are a number of variants, some of our loyal customers have a high evaluation of the product line. Therefore, I feel that it is time to introduce the two pieces of the latest and most useful twin "Q" card introduced by PMC ... My word of course does not change the official name of the product in any sense-it's just for the sake of salutation, my personal invention.

These two cards are: Qi and Qie.

Of course they are not my Chinese cousins, but in fact they refer to 81605ZQ and 8885Q cards respectively.

Qi =81605zq

Qie =8885q

So where do these names come from? The root cause is that we Australians are used to nicknames for everything. My personal flaws are even more ingrained, and I often forget the names of others, and I remember their nicknames. This can lead to a lot of embarrassing situations, because I give some people/things nicknames should never let me hear.

come back to our theme. In fact, I think we should seriously consider the purchase of the only two of the two "Q" card is the two 8 series of products. The price is very suitable, the performance is also very adequate, the function is just right. Simply say, according to my humble humble opinion, these two cards are "Q" card in the only two of the choice. Now let's see how I came up with this conclusion ...

Qi (where "I" stands for "built-in", so "e" of course stands for "external"). If your goal is to improve the performance of your storage system on your server's internal hard drive, this card will meet all your needs. If your server has 8 disks, it can be covered with a large volume of hard drives. SSDs can be placed almost anywhere in the server ... Now even the adapter can put the SSD in the ultra-thin left to CDROM (now can be installed directly from the USB disk operating system, CDROM drive is no longer required, so the server originally used to plug and play CDROM socket is idle). So, you can basically think of this card as an array card that can connect 10 hard drives (8 hot-swappable HDDs plus 1 to 2 SSDs that can be placed anywhere on the server).

Naturally, if your server has 16 disks, this card can also handle more than 16 hard drives directly. So why bother with the number of ports a control card can support that is higher than the current requirement? -As long as the price/performance/function combination is ideal.

If a JBOD is also attached outside the server, then Qie is the ideal choice. Qie allows you to configure your system as you like, such as filling the server with SSDs, and then connecting a lot of HDDs in Jbod ... With this card, you can basically combine your hard disk with unlimited cache or tiered requirements.

So, come and meet our twin products ... Qi and Qie. To tell the truth, to roll up your tongue and read out the two names of 81605zq/8885q has made me extremely distressed. It's much easier for Qi/qie to read.

  

Meet the Twins ... (or the World according to Neil)

Adaptec "Q" cards has been around in a few variants for quite a few years now, and we have quite a few devot EE customers who think this technology is the Ducks guts. So I think it's time to introduce we have newest, and only required, "Q" Twins ... this is course doesn ' t change our official Card names in any-out-of-shape or form–it ' s just my personal-in-the-naming-for-easy things ...

No,they is not my Chinese cousins, they is in fact the 81605ZQ and 8885Q cards respectively.

Qi =81605zq

Qie =8885q

Why the names? Basically because I ' m Australian and we tend to give nicknames to everything. In fact I's so bad at this I had a habit of forgetting people ' s real names and only remembering their nicknames. This can get embarrassing because some of the nicknames I give people and things should never is repeated to those individ Uals

Anyway,back to the subject. In reality I believe the only and "Q" cards you need to consider is these II 8 series products. Pricing wise they is the right cards to buy. Performance wise they is the right cards to buy. Feature wise they is the right cards to buy. In fact, IMHO they is the only "Q" cards your need to consider. So let's look at my logic ...

Qi (the "I" stands for "internal" and therefore of course the "E" stands for "external"). If you is looking to improve the performance of your storage system on drives internal to theserver, then this card Fulfi LLS all your requirements.

If You have a 8-bay server then fill it up with the big hard drives. You can fit SSDs just about anywhere in your server ... there is even adapters that let's put SSDs into the place of SLIML Ine Cdroms (which is not required "any" servers as you can install the your OS from Usbstick). (which is not required no more in servers as you can install your OS from USB stick). So basically you can treat the card as a 10-drive adapter (8 xhdd in hot swap and 1 or 2 SSD anywhere in the server).

Ofcourse, if you had a 16-bay server then the this card can also cope with that many drives directly. So who cares if it have more ports than need–the price/performance/function are right.

If You were going outside the server to Jbods then the Qie was the right card as it lets your do such crazy thi NGS as fill your head unit up with SSD, and attach lots and lots of HDD in the jbods ... the drive combinations for your CAC Hing ortiering requirements is pretty much endless with the this card.

so meetthe twin ... Qi and Qie ... they is worth getting to know. In reality I'm sick oftrying to roll 81605zq/8885q quickly off the tongue ... Qi/qie is much easier tosay

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as Anaside, Australian ' s has a weird sense of humour (and spell using the Queen ' senglish, which this spell -checker is has problems with). We tend to speak to one another in derogatory terms and use Nicknames/slang to the point where most people don ' t Understan D A word we are saying. So, to the American lad (won ' t use the Australian slang for Americans here as it can is construed in-the-loop too many ways), I ' ll has this to say:

"Australia and America are, countries separated by a common language!"

Meet the Twins.