Data center, IT, and general consumer server environments have a broad range of requirements - from basic connectivity to extreme data storage capacities. The effectiveness at which their data is accessed and protected is crucial to their ultimate success. The Adaptec Series 8 12 Gb/s RAID Adapter product family directly addresses the connectivity, performance, and data protection needs, unmatched by anything in the industry. The Adaptec Series 8 RAID adapter family features PMC's 12 Gb/s RAID-on-Chip (ROC), which combines a x 8 PCIe Gen3 interface with 12 Gb/s SAS ports to enable a generation of high-performance RAID adapters for the 12 Gb/s storage ecosystem.