PMC-Sierra Debuts 6 Gb/s SATA/SAS RAID Controllers

PMC-Sierra introduced the first hardware 6Gb/s SATA/SAS RAID controllers with on-board DRAM cache for the entry-level market segment.


The Adaptec by PMC family of Series 6E RAID controllers overcome the limitations of software-only entry-level RAID and hardware RAID without DRAM caching by offering HBA and hardware RAID functionality with caching in a single card. The Adaptec RAID 6405E is a four-port, LP/MD2 form factor optimized for maximum host connectivity with its PCIe® x1 host interface that fits into any workstation, industrial PC or entry server platform. The Adaptec RAID 6805E is an eight-port, LP/MD2 form factor with bandwidth optimized PCIe x4 host connectivity for higher throughput. Both products use PMC's proven PM8013 SRC 6Gb/s RoC, SAS 2.0, PCIe 2.0 and 128 MB DDR2-800 memory. http://www.pmc-sierra.com. http://www.adaptec.com