Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) is the enterprise storage interface that
takes SCSI into new dimensions of performance, flexibility
and scalability. With SAS you can enjoy performance many times
faster than traditional SCSI and mix and match SAS and Serial
ATA (SATA) drives for cost and performance optimization.The
Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI 48300 card is an eight-port controller
featuring Adaptec HostRAID- an integrated RAID technology that
maximizes system performance and uptime. The Adaptec 48300
supports up to eight direct attached drives and up to 128 drives
using expander technology. The card offers RAID levels 0, 1,
and 10 as well as 48-bit LBA support for the use of disk drives
exceeding 137GB in capacity. The Adaptec 48300 supports Windows
2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Linux.