Serial ATA II, the successor technology to SATA for data storage, is a point-to-point connection that delivers full throughput to each storage device by allowing multiple ports to be managed by a single controller. Adaptec Serial ATA II technology delivers data transfer rates with 3 Gb/s while still supporting 1.5 Gb/s (SATA I).The Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA card is a four-port controller featuring Adaptec HostRAID - an integrated RAID technology that maximizes system performance and uptime. The Adaptec 1420SA supports up to four Serial ATA drives and offers RAID levels 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring), and JBOD (individual drive). The Adaptec 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA) support enables use of disk drives exceeding 137 GB in capacity. The Adaptec 1420SA supports Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux, and NetWare.
4 serial ports, 64/133 MHz, low-profile MD2 form factor with RAID 0 and 1 for desktops, workstations and entry-level servers.
Ideal for desktop and workstations as well as entry-level servers requiring RAID mirroring or striping.
Small office and home office as a boot device for print, file, and storage servers. Enhanced performance for video editing, video/audio streaming, and gaming applications.
RAID 0, 1 and JBOD, SATA II disk hot plug, Flash BIOS allows easy upgrades .
Background initialization, Supports bootable arrays, 48-bit LBA supports large capacity drives, S.M.A.R.T. and SNMP support .
Up to 3 Gb/s Data Transfer Rate .
PCI-X /133 MHz (compatible to PCI 32/64 bit).
Intel PC or equivalent with available universal PCI slot.
RAID levels - Adaptec HostRAID 0, 1, and JBOD
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003
- Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, Enterprise Server 3.0
- SuSE Linux Professional 9.1, Enterprise Server 9
- United Linux 1.0, Novell NetWare 6.5
