PMC launches industry's first 12gb/s SAS expansion card

PMC launches industry's first 12gb/s SAS expansion card for high-density data center servers

The Adaptec PCIe expansion card provides 24 ports for next-generation servers,

Connect more high-performance HDDs and SSDs

A PMC that leads Big data connectivity, delivery, and storage, delivering innovative semiconductors and software solutions ? The Company (NASDAQ:PMCS) recently launched the industry's first 12gb/s SAS expansion card to enable high-density servers. IDC [i] believes that high-density servers are the fastest growing segment in the global server market. Adaptec? The 12GB/S SAS expansion card enables highly flexible, high-density server architectures that grow with data center storage needs. Does the card use PCI Express? (PCIe?) interface, semi-high size, 36 ports, internal up to 24 SAS or SATA drives, and 8 external ports to connect to Jbods, which expands the capacity of a single raid or HBA card. The expansion card enables a modular, passive backplane architecture that reduces the variety of servers and increases operational efficiencies in the data center (see Figure 1).

"Server density is an important design metric for data center architects," said Jed Scaramella, research director at IDC's enterprise-Class Server and Data Center division, which supports modular design, compatibility with existing infrastructure, and Adaptec expansion card solutions. and provides the best scalability and throughput, so it's very compelling. High-density servers are increasingly becoming the preferred product for ultra-large data centers, and will continue to grow in terms of server deployment/investment. ”

The ADAPTEC12GB/S SAS expansion card is the industry's only half-height MD2-size expansion card and the only expansion card for a PCIe power range of less than 25 watts. The card can be built into any available PCIe slot on the backplane, and the mini-sashd connector at the top of the high-density server environment provides a more flexible cable connection. The card can be powered either from a PCIe slot or through a standard 4-pin additional power supply connector. The card supports Sgpio and SES2 chassis management, and chassis information can be routed from the expansion card to the HBA or RAID card via a daisy-chained signal cable.

"As data centers increasingly deploy scale-out architectures, our customers are looking for the best scalability, flexibility, and compatibility solutions within a range of power consumption," explains Pete Hazen, vice president of Data Center and Server Division at PMC Company. Our new Adaptec expansion card is the only solution to meet these needs. The product also helps customers to provide a variety of configurations according to specific storage loads. ”

With the edge buffering capability, the 12GB/S SAS expansion card allows the expander side port to run at 12Gb instead of 6Gb, greatly improving the performance of 6GB/S SAS or SATA drives, so that data centers can leverage their existing devices Plus the latest 12gb/s SAS devices for maximum throughput. The expansion card is compatible with all HDDs and SSDs on the market, existing active and passive backplanes, and all Adaptec 8 series, 7 Series and 6 series raid cards and HBAs, and can be compatible with several third-party raid and HBA cards.

Delivery information

Adaptec 82885T 12gb/s SAS will be sold externally in October 2014 through Adaptec's global supplier and storage channel business partners. For complete product information, please visit Adaptec's website www.adaptec.com.

About Adaptec by PMC

The Adaptec by PMC Storage scheme protects, accelerates, and adjusts data during the I/O path transfer process. We offer high-performance, interoperable, reliable storage solutions and leading-edge technical support services. Adaptec by PMC products enable customers to innovate on storage networks to meet the needs of next-generation data centers and cloud services. Through our channel partners, our products are accessible to a wider market segment. For more information, please visit:www.adaptec.com.

About PMC 's servers, storage systems, and Flash solutions

PMC specializes in network and server storage applications and is a leader in delivering enterprise-class storage system solutions. A wide range of PMC product lines, including Adaptecby PMC? RAID array cards and HBA cards, Tachyon? Sas/sata and Fibre Channel (FC) protocol controllers, RAID controllers, Flashtec? PCIE Flash Controller and NVRAM accelerator card, Maxsas Extender and FC Platters Interconnect products, and more. These products work together to provide end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for industry-leading storage OEMs, ODM and ultra-large data centers. For more information, please visit http://www.pmcs.com/storage .

about the PMC

PMC(Nasdaq :P MCS) is an innovative leader in semiconductors and software solutions that drive the connection, transfer, and storage of big data on the Web. With its long-standing technological advantages,PMC continues to innovate in the areas of storage, optical networking and mobile networking. PMC 's highly integrated solution improves performance and accelerates network upgrades for next-generation network services. See www.pmcs.comfor details. Please on Weibo,, as well as blog Weibo,WeChat,blog on the focus on PMC.

[i] IDC, Worldwide and U.S. server2014–2018 Forecast, 247931, April.

PMC launches industry's first 12gb/s SAS expansion card