Data center, IT, and general consumer server environments have a broad range of requirements--from basic connectivity to extreme data storage capacities. The Adaptec Series 8E 12 Gbps PCIe Gen3 SAS/SATA RAID adapters deliver the robustness of hardware RAID in an entry-level solution. They offer significant performance acceleration over other 6Gbps adapter card solutions through basic RAID 0,1,10 and built-in cache for cost-effective platforms that don’t require the full performance and capabilities of Series 8 RAID adapters.