Adaptec RAID 31205

By Kire Terzievski, Enex TestLab on 04 July 2007 05:18 PM

Tags: adaptec, sata, san, raid, sas, scsi, controller, storage

Manufacturer: Adaptec

General

  • Device type
  • Internal

Storage controller

  • Interface type
  • Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA
  • Number of ports
  • 12
  • RAID levels
  • 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD

Overview

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The good:
  • SATA and SAS in a single storage system
  • Can scale up to 60TB using 500GB drives
  • Excellent management software using Adaptec's Storage Manager
The bad:
  • Review unit only had a standard profile -- not suitable for blade servers or 1U boxes.
The bottomline:

The Adaptec 31205 offers good value for companies wanting to use SATA or SAS drives in RAID configuration and offers scalability and management from a centralised console.

RRP: AU$1195.00

Editors’ rating:

7/10

Related topics:

adaptec, sata, san, raid, sas, scsi

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