COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix Adaptec offers unmatched performance and the industry’s most complete data protection. A RAID core hardened by years of use, common cross-platform RAID management tools, quality and world-class support have made Adaptec the industry’s leading RAID provider. Extensive operating system support, unsurpassed compatibility and centralized storage management make Adaptec Unified Serial RAID controllers the preferred choice. 4-port (internal) Model # 3ware 9650SE-4LPML 3ware 9690SA-4I LSI 8704ELP Areca 1212 Areca 1680LP Promise SuperTrak EX4650 SATA/SAS SATA II SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS 256MB 256MB 512MB 128MB 256MB 256MB 128MB 4 int 4 int 4 int 4 int 4 int 4 int 4 int + 4 ext 4 int Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 128 256 0 128 16 4 128 128 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 7.5”L x 2.5”H 7.7”L x 2.54”H 6.6”L x 2.4”H 6.6”L x 2.4”H 6.6”L x 2.7”H LP MD2 LP MD2 LP 3/4 Length LP 3/4 Length LP 3/4 Length LP MD2 LP MD2 LP MD2 Adaptec 3405 Adaptec 5405 SATA/SAS 128MB Ports (Internal / External) BBU on Board Max HDDs thru expanders HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology Cache Memory Physical Dimensions Form Factor Processor Yes Intel 80333 Intel IOP348 PPC 405CR PPC 405CR LSI 1078 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 MHz 500MHz 1.2GHz 200MHz 200MHz 500MHz 800MHz 800MHz 667MHz PCIe x4 x8 x4 x8 x4 x8 x8 x8 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 4 RAID 6 4 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 Windows Server/2003/XP 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux SCO UnixWare and Open Server RAID FEATURES 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (only SCO) 4 (only SCO) FreeBSD 4 4 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 4 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 4 OS SUPPORT 4 4 4 COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix 8-port (internal) Model # Adaptec 3805 Adaptec Intel SRCSASRB LSI 8708ELP 3ware 9690 SA-8I 3ware 9650SE Promise SuperTrak EX8650 Areca 1222 Areca 1680 LP Areca 1680 KIT SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA II SATA/SAS SATA SATA/SAS SATA/SAS 128MB/256MB 512MB 256MB 128MB 512MB 256MB 256MB 256MB 256MB 512MB (Up to 2GB) 32 16 128 0 128 0 128 128 remote BBU remote BBU Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.7”H x 6.6”L 2.4”H x 6.6”L 2.4” x 6.6” 3.9”H x 8.54”L HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology Cache Memory Max HDDs thru expanders 128 256 Ports 8 int 8 int BBU on board Yes Yes Yes 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 2.525” x 7.75” (98.4mm x217mm LP MD2 LP MD2 LP Extended Half Length LP 3/4 Length LP 3/4 Length LP 3/4 Length LP MD2 LP MD2 LP MD2 Full Height Intel 80333 Intel IOP348 LSI 1078 LSI 1078 PPC 405CR PPC 405CR Intel IOP80333 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 MHz 500MHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 500MHz 200MHz 200MHz 500MHz 800MHz 1.2GHz 1.2GHz PCIe x4 x8 x4 x4 x8 x4 x8 x8 x8 x8 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 4 RAID 6 4 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 Windows Server/2003/XP 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 Physical Dimensions Form Factor Processor 8 int remote BBU RAID FEATURES 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (only SCO) 4 (only SCO) 4 (only SCO) 4 4 4 4 4 4 OS SUPPORT SCO UnixWare and Open Server 4 4 4 4 FreeBSD 4 4 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 4 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 4 4 4 4 COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix 8-port (4 internal/4 external) Model # Adaptec 5445 Intel SRCSASJV Promise SuperTrak EX8654 LSI 8888ELP Areca 1680LP 3ware 9690SA-8E SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS 512MB 512MB (up to 1GB) 512MB 512MB (up to 1GB) 256MB 512MB 256 240 128 240 128 128 4 int + 4 ext 8 int + 8 ext 4 int + 4 ext 8 int + 8 ext 4 int + 4 ext 4 int + 4 ext Yes remote BBU Yes TBBU 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 2.525”H x 8.25”L (64mm x 197mm) 2.7”H x 6.6”L LP MD2 LP Extended Half Length LP MD2 LP 3/4 Length LP MD2 LP 3/4 Length HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology Cache Memory Max HDDs thru expanders Ports BBU on board Physical Dimensions Form Factor Processor Yes 2.4”H x 6.6”L Intel IOP348 LSI 1078 Intel IOP348 LSI 1078 Intel IOP348 PPC 405CR MHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 800MHz 200MHz PCIe x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 4 4 4 4 RAID FEATURES RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 RAID 1E 4 RAID 5EE 4 RAID 6 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 4 4 4 4 OS SUPPORT Windows Server/2003/XP 4 4 4 4 4 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 4 4 4 4 4 SCO UnixWare and Open Server 4 4 4 4 (only SCO) FreeBSD 4 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 4 4 COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix 8-port (external) Model # Adaptec 3085 Adaptec 5085 Areca 1680x Intel SRCSASJV Promise SuperTrak EX8658 3ware 9690SA-8E SATA/SAS SATA/SAS 128MB 512MB SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS 256MB 512MB (up to 1GB) 512MB 512MB HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology Cache Memory Max HDDs thru expanders 128 256 128 240 128 128 Ports 8 ext 8 ext 8 ext 8 ext 8 ext 8 ext Yes Yes Yes remote BBU Yes remote BBU 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm) 2.5”H x 6.6”L (64mm x 167mm 2.4”H x 6.6”K 2.525”H x 8.25”L (64mm x 210mm) 2.7”H x 6.6”L BBU on board Physical Dimensions Form Factor LP MD2 LP MD2 LP MD2 LP Extended Half Length LP MD2 LP 3/4 Length Intel 80333 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 LSI 1078 Intel IOP348 PPC 405CR MHz 500MHz 1.2GHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 1.2GHz 200MHz PCIe x4 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 4 RAID 6 4 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 Windows Server/2003/XP 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 SCO UnixWare and Open Server FreeBSD Processor RAID FEATURES 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (only SCO) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86 4 4 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 OS SUPPORT COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix 16-port / 20-port Model # Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 51645 LSI 84016E 3ware 9650SE-16ML Areca 1680xi-16 SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA II SATA/SAS Areca ARC-1261ML Highpoint RocketRAID 2340 HP Smart Array P800 8x8 Promise SuperTrak EX16350 SATA II SATA II SATA II SATA/SAS SATA II 256MB (up to 1GB) 256MB (up to 2GB) Host Raid 512MB 128MB Areca 1260 HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology Cache Memory 256MB 512MB 256MB 256MB 512MB (up to 4GB) Max HDDs thru expanders 128 256 122 0 128 0 0 0 240 0 Ports (Internal/External) 16 int 16 int + 4 ext 16 int 16 int 16 int + 4 ext 16 int 16 int 16 int 8 int / 8 ext 16 int Yes Yes remote BBU remote BBU Yes Yes Yes Form Factor Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 3/4 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height Full Length Full Height 1/2 Length Processor Intel 80333 Intel IOP348 Intel 80333 PPC 405CR Intel IOP348 Intel 80333 Intel 81341 Host Raid LSI 1078 Intel 80333 MHz 800MHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 266MHz 1.2GHz 500MHz 800MHz Host Raid 533MHz 500MHz PCIe x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 4 RAID 6 4 4 4 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 Windows Server/2003/XP 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 SCO UnixWare and Open Server BBU on board Physical Dimension RAID FEATURES 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (only SCO) 4 (only SCO) 4 (only SCO) FreeBSD 4 4 4 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 4 4 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 4 OS SUPPORT 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 COMPETITIVE MATRIX Adaptec RAID Series 3 & 5 Competitive Matrix 24-port / 28-port 12-port / 16-port Model # Adaptec 31205 Adaptec 51245 3ware 9650SE-12ML Technology Model # Areca 1680xi-12 Adaptec 52445 Areca 1680xi-24 3ware 9650SE-24M8 HARDWARE & FEATURES HARDWARE & FEATURES Technology SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA II 512MB 512MB (up to 4GB) 256MB Port (Internal / External) 24 int + 4 ext 24 int + 4 ext 24 int 128 Max HDDs thru expanders 256 128 0 Yes BBU on board Yes Yes Yes Form Factor Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Processor SATA/SAS SATA/SAS SATA II SATA/SAS Cache Memory 256MB 512MB 256MB 512MB (up 4GB) Port (Internal / External) 12 int 12 int + 4 ext 12 int 12 int + 4 ext Max HDDs thru expanders 128 256 0 BBU on board Yes Yes Yes Form Factor Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height /2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Full Height 1/2 Length Processor Cache Memory Physical Dimensions Physical Dimensions Intel 80333 Intel IOP348 PPC 405CR Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 Intel IOP348 PPC 405CR MHz 800MHz 1.2GHz 266MHz 1.2GHz MHz 1.2GHz 1.2GHz 266MHz PCIe x8 x8 x8 x8 PCIe x8 x8 x8 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 4 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 4 RAID 1E 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 4 RAID 5EE 4 RAID 6 4 4 RAID 6 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 4 Copyback Hot Spare 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 4 Optimized Disk Utilization 4 RAID FEATURES RAID FEATURES 4 4 OS SUPPORT 4 4 OS SUPPORT Windows Server/2003/XP 4 4 4 4 Windows Server/2003/XP 4 4 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 4 4 4 Red Hat and SUSE Linux 4 4 4 SCO UnixWare and Open Server 4 4 SCO UnixWare and Open Server 4 4 (only SCO) FreeBSD 4 4 4 FreeBSD 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 4 Solaris 10 (x86) 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 VMware (Incl. Certification) 4 4 (only SCO) 4 » Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, California 95035 Tel: (408) 945-8600 Fax: (408) 262-2533 World Wide Web: www.adaptec.com Pre-Sales Support: US and Canada: 1 (800) 442-7274 or (408) 957-7274 Pre-Sales Support: Europe: Tel: (44) 1276-854-500 or Fax: (44) 1276-854-505 Copyright 2008 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, Storage Manager, and Storage Manager Pro are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 2000, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, used under license. All other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners. Information supplied by Adaptec Inc., is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of printing, but Adaptec Inc., assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. 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