Overview
Supermicro 8-Port SATA Card
Supermicro's SAT2-MV8 SATA controller (based on the Marvell Hercules-2 Rev. C0 SATA host controller) provides 8-port SATA HDD support via 64-bit PCI-X bus interface with high-performance features. Serving as a 2nd generation SATA storage card, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 offers double the data transfer rate of its 1st generation counterpart and offers functionalities for server, workstation and network storage environments in a low-profile PCI platform.
The SAT2-MV8 is ideal for storage arrays for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Nearline Backup. Built with superior quality and features, the SATA-MV2 will become an integral part of today's data storage solutions.
The SAT2-MV8 Installation CD contains drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows and RedHat/SuSE/Fedora Linux operating systems.
Key Features
- Affordable, easy-install, eight-port Serial-ATA card
- 8-channel Serial-ATA adapter with 300MB/s per channel
- 64-bit PCI-X interface
- Software RAID supported
- Cables in Kit: 8 x 2-ft Serial-ATA cables
- Power Requirements: 0.7 amps @ +5V
- OS Support: Windows 2000/XP/2003/XP EM64T/2003 EM64T, RedHat 9.0, RHEL 3 (Updates 2, 3, and 4)/RHEL 3 EM64T/X86_64 (Updates 3, 4)/RHEL 4/RHEL 4 EM64T/X86_64, SuSE 9.1, 9.2, SuSE Enterprise 9, Fedora Core 3